Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Lead & Innovate

Elevation Recruitment Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group is partnering with a highly engineered Aerospace & Defence organisation to recruit a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer. The role leads complex mechanical design programmes, delivering concept through to customer approval and providing technical direction within a multi-disciplinary team.

You will own major design programmes, mentor engineers, and drive standards across engineering processes.

Qualifications

• A Mechanical Engineering degree is required, with Chartered status or progression towards Chartership advantageous.
• Sole UK Nationals and the ability to satisfy security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Mechanical Design Engineers
• Deliver complex mechanical designs from concept through to customer approval
• Provide technical leadership across multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Lead design reviews with internal stakeholders and customers
• Produce and review calculations, specifications, drawings and technical documentation
• Drive design improvement, root cause analysis and non-conformance reduction
• Develop engineering standards, processes and best practice
• Mentor and develop engineers across the wider team

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical design

Customer reviews

Mechanical calculations

Aerospace experience

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Solid Edge

AutoCAD

Job description

Elevation Recruitment Group is partnering with a highly engineered Aerospace & Defence organisation to recruit a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer. The role leads complex mechanical design programmes, delivering concept through to customer approval and providing technical direction within a multi-disciplinary team.

You will own major design programmes, mentor engineers, and drive standards across engineering processes.