Ref:ROXUK00174 – Design Authority

Roxel Group; Larkhill; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Success Sharing Bonus Scheme

Contributory pension

On-site parking

Subsidised canteen

Occupational sick pay

Professional membership

Perkbox

Income Protection

HealthShield

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

An aerospace engineering company in Larkhill seeks a Lead or Senior Design Authority (Mechanical Engineer). This role involves overseeing design processes, managing customer requirements, and ensuring compliance with standards. Ideal candidates have a degree in a relevant field and at least 3 years of engineering experience, demonstrating project management skills and attention to detail. This position offers a hybrid working model and a range of additional benefits, including a success-sharing bonus and contributory pension.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in an engineering team environment developing products to meet customer requirements.
• Sound understanding of engineering disciplines and manufacturing techniques.
• Ability to present complex problems clearly.

Responsibilities

• Manage design evolution to meet customer requirements.
• Lead formal design reviews at relevant design phases.
• Ensure appropriate validation testing is carried out.

Skills

Project Management

Engineering Mathematics

Document/Report Writing

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Physics or related engineering discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office (Power Point, Excel, Word)

P6 Primavera

Job description

Additional Benefits

• Success Sharing Bonus Scheme
• Contributory pension
• On-site parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Occupational sick pay
• Professional membership
• Perkbox
• Income Protection
• Death in service
• HealthShield
• Sell and Buy Holiday
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Workwear

Hours of Work

08.00-16.30 Monday to Thursday and 08.00-13.00 Friday

Homeworking

This role is eligible for ad-hoc Hybrid Working after successful probation.

Company Overview

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £250M and nearly 1000 staff, with 300 in the UK.

Job Summary

The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield, Kidderminster where we now have a requirement for a Lead or Senior Design Authority (Mechanical Engineer). The successful candidate will work as part of a team on projects spanning from concept design, demonstration, development, qualification and production, through to customer in‑service support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage design evolution to meet customer requirements
  • Responsible for clearance of detail production drawings, ensuring conformance to BS8888 and manufacturability
  • Lead and complete DFMEA’s
  • Approve production processes and tooling
• Demonstrate compliance with customer requirements
  • Specify and review structural, thermal and ballistic analyses
  • Review key suppliers’ methods of manufacture and control procedures
  • Specify, monitor and report rocket motor trials
  • Lead trials readiness reviews
• Adhere to internal EN9100 processes, particularly the RD2 process, understand and share Technology Readiness Levels and Class of Difficulty Assessments
• Produce and deliver formal technical presentations to the customer
• Produce product technical specifications and detailed technical reports
• Ensure appropriate validation testing is carried out prior to formal qualifications
• Lead formal design reviews (PDR, DDR, CDR etc.) at the relevant design phases and ensure actions are taken and completed on time.
• Responsible for producing a Certificate of Design for the rocket motor and associated documentation; Qualification reports, Compliance Matrix, Safety Case etc.
• Customer technical interface lead on all technical matters with the missile prime contractor (e.g. MBDA, Thales, SAAB) and the end user (e.g. MoD, DGA).
• Lead technical investigations.
• Liaison at all levels within the business, manufacturers and suppliers.
• Arrange/manage specific trials such as structural testing, rocket motor firings, laboratory scale testing (quantitative testing of materials, etc).
• Dis‑assembly/assessment of fired rocket motor hardware.
• Promote zero harm objective by operating in accordance with any Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors and pro‑actively promote and support SWIM.
• Perform any other duties necessary, as requested to by the business to carry out job function.

These responsibilities require close liaison and understanding with Roxel specialists in CAD design, stress analysis, thermal analysis, ballistic analysis, solid propellants, materials, trials, production engineering and project management.

Experience and Background

Qualification

Essential Qualifications

• A formal qualification (degree or equivalent) in mechanical, aeronautical, physics or related engineering discipline

Desirable Qualifications

• Professional membership / Chartered Engineer (CEng) of a relevant institute e.g., Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Aeronautical Society, Institute of Explosive Engineers etc
• Good experience of Project Management and familiarity with P6 Primavera

Experience

Essential Experience

• Minimum of 3 years in an engineering team environment developing products to meet customer requirements
• Sound understanding of engineering (mathematics, stressing, materials (metals and polymers) and manufacturing techniques
• IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office tools (Power Point, Excel, Word, etc)
• Interest and aptitude in both the theory and practical aspects of engineering and in particular rocket motor design
• Ability to assimilate and evaluate technical information from a wide range of disciplines with a high attention to detail
• Ability to present complex problems clearly and logically to other specialist and non‑specialist engineers
• Experience working with safety‑critical products and knowledge of regulatory standards requirements e.g. DEF STAN 07-085
• Excellent document/report writing skills
• Trials/assessment testing experience (e.g. structural testing, vibration, etc)

Desirable Experience

• Good understanding of DFMEA, ‘Design to Cost’ and ‘Design for Manufacture’ principles
• Experience of bids and commercial management in Defence, Automotive or Manufacturing Engineering environment
• Experience of managing within an EN9100 or Quality Management System culture

Person Specification

• Demonstrate behaviours that align with Roxel’s values of ‘Commitment’, ‘Innovation’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Teamwork’
• Proven ability to manage projects through the entire engineering development lifecycle
• Motivated and driven to deliver results according to defined timescales and expected standards.
• Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships with the customer and other internal technical specialists
• Strong attention to detail
• Positive attitude and work ethic
• Able to manage own time and prioritise tasks

How to apply

Please follow the application process below to send us your CV and motivation letter.

Please specify your salary expectations as part of your application.

Please note: Obtaining a Security Clearance is a requirement of employment at Roxel UK. Please check guidelines by looking on the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels