Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Akkodis; Aston; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer for a long-term contract based in Stevenage. The role involves leading mechanical design activities within a cross-functional team to develop products from concept through to production, including liaising with manufacturing and suppliers.

The selected candidate will contribute to design reviews, environmental testing, and manufacturing support, with emphasis on delivering robust, manufacturable solutions in a defence-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical design within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Ability to generate and challenge requirements to reduce lead time and design complexity.
• Familiarity with design for manufacture/assembly principles.
• Experience with design reviews and working with suppliers/purchasing on technical queries.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities for prime and variant products, including parts and assemblies.
• Support manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems and defects.
• Support functional and environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve technical queries.
• Plan and report on daily activities to meet project milestones.
• Clarify and help generate requirements, challenging extraneous ones to reduce lead time.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Problem solving

Design reviews

Planning & reporting

Requirements analysis

Communication

Tools

Creo 3D design tool

Job description

A Principal Mechanical Design Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment in Stevenage (3 days on site)

A Principal Mechanical Design Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage (3 days per week on site)

Overview of department:

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 work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.

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:

• BOM management
• Cable harness routing (preferred, not a pre-requisite)Manufacturing processes
• Tolerance studies
• Environmental test
• Mass property calculations
• Material selection
• FMEA
• Design for Manufacture/Assembly
• Environmental Gasket Sealing
• 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.