Mechanical Systems Engineer

Cambridge Consultants Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants Ltd is seeking a senior mechanical systems engineer to lead the mechanical engineering team on projects spanning automation, heating/cooling, product design, and challenging environments. You will define stakeholder needs, own system-level documentation, and guide cross-disciplinary teams to deliver breakthrough solutions.

The role requires a strong background in mechanical systems, hardware development, and CAD.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or related subject.
• Ability to design original yet pragmatic solutions and communicate ideas to colleagues and clients.
• Strong grasp of systems engineering and ability to apply to real-world applications.
• Record of hardware development and testing performance.
• Experience with CAD and design for manufacture; other technical competencies.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients, define stakeholder needs, and report results.
• Own system-level documentation and requirement sets.
• Scoping standards and regulations for advanced products.
• Lead concept generation and problem-solving workshops.
• Evaluate ideas using modelling, simulation, or experimental data.
• Prepare detailed designs from system to component level.
• Test designs to meet client and end-user needs.
• Provide technical leadership to project teams.

Skills

Systems engineering

Hardware development

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Overview We're looking for a senior mechanical systems engineer with an energy for problem solving and a knack for finding clarity from complexity to join our mechanical engineering team. We are a product development company that specialises in deep tech. Clients come to us to develop solutions and products which do not already exist and cannot be easily copied by me-too imitators. We serve a wide range of industries, including green energy, consumer goods, communications, healthcare and wellbeing, agriculture and food and beverages, with offices and clients around the world. We are constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of our clients' and the novel projects that come our way. As a result, your role will lead you to evolve and adapt to industry shifts, connecting insights from diverse fields in new, inventive ways. You'll take these concepts and ideas to deliver break-through projects.

• Liaising with clients, defining stakeholder needs, and reporting results
• Ownership of system level documentation
• Creation and management of requirement sets to ensure they are appropriate and relevant
• Scoping and application of standards and regulations for cutting edge products
• Taking part in concept generation and problem-solving workshops
• Evaluating ideas using evidence from modelling and simulation or experimentally obtained results
• Preparation of detailed designs, from system to component level
• Testing of designs to ensure they meet the client's and end-customers' needs
• Forming and providing technical leadership of project teams
• You may also have, experience in CAD, design for manufacture, software skills, and other technical competencies that show engineering breadth.
  We're looking for a senior mechanical systems engineer with an energy for problem solving and a knack for finding clarity from complexity to join our mechanical engineering team., We're looking for someone who carries genuine enthusiasm and excitement for engineering and technology. You should thrive in a collaborative environment, celebrating team success, and be eager to learn new tools, techniques and perspectives., An undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related subject) or equivalent experience.

You'll work on projects that involve automation, heating and cooling systems, product design, fluidics and challenging operating environments. These projects may see mass or low production, but consistently involve cross-disciplinary teams and a rapid pace of development.

The variety of projects means you'll consistently face new challenges, providing opportunities to grow and diversify your skills.

With frequent new projects and the chance to collaborate with different colleagues each time, you'll have the freedom to shape your career path and define a specialism through the work and responsibilities you excel in.

Want some examples of projects we have worked on?

• Yard Stick, developing a tool for real-time on site carbon capture measurement, project/collaborating-with-yard-stick-on-carbon-capture-measurement/
• The world's largest commercial airborne antenna, project/the-worlds-largest-commercial-airborne-antenna-for-spl/
• Breakthrough innovation for smaller, more capable surgical robotics, project/breakthrough-innovation-for-smaller-more-capable-surgical-robotics/

About you We're looking for someone who carries genuine enthusiasm and excitement for engineering and technology. You should thrive in a collaborative environment, celebrating team success, and be eager to learn new tools, techniques and perspectives. You'll have:

• An undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related subject) or equivalent experience.
• Ability to design original yet pragmatic solutions to problems using sound engineering judgement and communicate your ideas to colleagues and clients.
• A strong grasp of systems engineering and the ability to practically apply this to real world applications.
• A record of developing hardware solutions and testing their performance
• You may also have, experience in CAD, design for manufacture, software skills, and other technical competencies that show engineering breadth.
  We're looking for a senior mechanical systems engineer with an energy for problem solving and a knack for finding clarity from complexity to join our mechanical engineering team., We're looking for someone who carries genuine enthusiasm and excitement for engineering and technology. You should thrive in a collaborative environment, celebrating team success, and be eager to learn new tools, techniques and perspectives., An undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related subject) or equivalent experience.
• We're looking for a senior mechanical systems engineer with an energy for problem solving and a knack for finding clarity from complexity to join our mechanical engineering team., We're looking for someone who carries genuine enthusiasm and excitement for engineering and technology. You should thrive in a collaborative environment, celebrating team success, and be eager to learn new tools, techniques and perspectives., An undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related subject) or equivalent experience.
• Ability to design original yet pragmatic solutions to problems using sound engineering judgement and communicate your ideas to colleagues and clients.
• A strong grasp of systems engineering and the ability to practically apply this to real world applications.
• A record of developing hardware solutions and testing their performance
• You may also have, experience in CAD, design for manufacture, software skills, and other technical competencies that show engineering breadth.