Mechanical Engineer - Consultant

jobr.pro; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual profit-related bonus

25 days holiday

Employer pension contribution 10%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

TTP Group is seeking a creative, hands-on mechanical engineer to join our Energy & Process Technologies team in Cambridge. You’ll tackle complex engineering challenges, combining first-principles analysis with design, modelling and hands-on experiments to move ideas from lab to pilot scale.

You’ll help explore new business opportunities and build leadership skills. Ideal candidates have strong mechanical capabilities, CAD experience (SolidWorks/OnShape), and a practical understanding of

Qualifications

• Demonstrated mechanical engineering capability from a strong academic background.
• Experience applying first-principles analysis to real-world problems.
• Familiarity with CAD and engineering design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work on complex engineering challenges using first-principles reasoning and modelling.
• Perform analysis, design, and hands-on experimental work to turn ideas into pilot-scale tests.
• Contribute to identifying new business opportunities and develop project leadership capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Skills

Mechanical calculations

CAD tools

Electromechanical design

Procurement support

Systems thinking

System modelling

Laboratory skills

Manufacturing processes

Design for manufacture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

We’relooking for acreative,hands-on mechanical engineerwith acommercial mindsetto join our Energy & Process Technologies team.

The transition to a more sustainable future depends on turningnewideas into practical technologies. Our EPT team develops productsthat help decarbonise industry, transform the way chemicals are made,and accelerate the adoption ofmodernenergy-generation technologies. By combining deep scientificexpertisein electrochemistry and power electronics with systems, chemical,and product engineering,wedelivercomplex, commerciallyviablesolutions for our ambitious clients.

As a mechanical engineer at TTP you’ll workoncomplexengineering challenges, usingasolid grounding in first-principles engineering knowledge toidentifyand develop solutions. This will involve acombinationof creative idea-generation, analysis,modelling,designand problem solving, as well as hands-on experimental worktotakeyour ideas from the lab to pilot scale testing. As a consultant, you’llalsousethis knowledge to explore new business opportunities for theteam and will have the opportunity to build your project leadership capability.

With superb facilities, bright and collaborativecolleaguesand the freedom to innovate, your future at TTP is what you make it. We value ambition, leadership and technical excellence and we provide a fantastic environment to develop your career.

Qualifications

We’relooking for acommercially minded mechanical engineer who thrives in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment.

Ideal candidates will bringdemonstratedmechanical engineering capability, through a strong academic background andexpertisein the following areas:

• Ability to perform mechanical calculations, including stress analysis,strength assessments, and thermals.
• Design experience usingCAD tools such as SolidWorks and/orOnShape.
• Electromechanical system design and integration.
• Specification and design of mechanical components, including procurement support and supplier engagement.
• Systems-level thinking enabling input to risk management and failure mode analysis.
• System modelling from first principles using MATLAB and/or Pythonneed.
• Practical, hands-on laboratory skills.
• An understanding of manufacturing processes and design for manufacture.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of the regulatory framework associated with pilot plants, pressureequipmentand potentially explosive/hazardousenvironments.
• Experience of tolerance analysis and tolerance stack-ups.
• Understanding of heat transfer, including heat flux calculations and thermal analysis.

Additional Information

Benefits

TTP is an employee-owned business, based at TTP Campus in Melbourn, just 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our purpose-built, sustainable offices and laboratories are set in green surroundings, creating an inspiring environment for innovation. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and technical collaboration, while providing you with the freedom to do your best work.

Our employee benefits include:

• Annual profit-related bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
• Free, nutritious lunch in our on-site restaurant
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Life insurance worth 6x salary
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• An activities and community fund that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether it’s lunchtime squash or football, Zumba or our own rock band.
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships

We welcome applications from international candidates and can provide visa sponsorship for eligible applicants.

Please click the following link to read the TTP Group Diversity Statement.