Mechanical Design Engineer

Meritus Talent; West of England; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Meritus Talent is recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer for a Bristol site role in the sovereign defence industry. The position is an initial 6‑month contract, 37 hours per week, on‑site with a single stage interview process.

You will design and prove mechanical solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet customer needs, and support manufacturing and testing activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Familiar with tolerance studies and mass property calculations.
• Experience with Design for Manufacture/Assembly (DfMA).
• Knowledge of environmental testing and validation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities for prime and variant products.
• Support manufacturing to resolve manufacturing problems and defects.
• Support functional and environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers to resolve technical queries.
• Plan and report day-to-day activities to meet milestones.
• Contribute to requirements generation and design reviews.

Skills

Mechanical design

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Design reviews

Project planning

Manufacturing processes

FMEA

Tools

Creo 3D design tool

Job description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our client within the sovereign defence industry on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Bristol.

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER – INSIDE IR35 – GBP50 PER HOUR – BRISTOL – ELIGIBLE FOR SC – 6 MONTHS – 37 HOUR WEEK – SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS – 4 DAYS A WEEK ON SITE

An opportunity to become part of Europe's No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer's needs. Within this role you will have the opportunity to undertake cutting–edge research of novel mechanical technologies to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
• Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
• Support to functional & environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
• Planning and reporting on own day–to–day activities to meet project milestones.
• Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity

Skillset/experience required:

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool
• Knowledge of several of the following:
• Manufacturing processes
• Tolerance studies
• Environmental test
• Mass property calculations
• Material selection
• FMEA
• Design for Manufacture/Assembly
• Environmental Gasket Sealing
• Tooling/fixtures design
• Structural design
• Defence Standards
• Review processes
• Product Lifecycles
• Industrial validation
• An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews.
• An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.