Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

ALTEN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in Greater London seeks a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the development of innovative mechanical solutions. You will ensure designs are robust and meet customer requirements, while guiding a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Mechanical Engineering, with experience in complex design environments. Join a passionate team focused on innovation and career development, with benefits including competitive salary, private medical insurance, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flexible way of working

Social atmosphere

Qualifications

• Experience delivering mechanical design in a complex engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of full product lifecycle and engineering governance.
• Knowledge of design standards and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and delivery of mechanical design solutions for new product development.
• Review and approve design work produced by Product Engineers.
• Provide technical supervision to a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Mechanical design

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar

Job description

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Job Description

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to take a leading role in the development of innovative mechanical solutions for R&D and R&T programmes. You will ensure designs are technically robust, meet customer requirements and align with key business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and delivery of mechanical design solutions for new product development
• Review and approve design work produced by Product Engineers across the team
• Support or own one or more Engineering Work Packages for mechanical design activities
• Provide technical supervision to a multidisciplinary team including Stress & Thermal, Supply Chain, Industrialisation, V&V, Configuration and Quality
• Act as the technical reporting point for Product Engineers within allocated work packages
• Ensure solutions meet Design for Manufacture/Assembly and Design to Cost requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement across design processes and engineering governance

Qualifications

Experience, skills and qualifications required:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar
• Experience delivering mechanical design in a complex engineering or manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of full product lifecycle and engineering governance
• Ability to lead reviews and provide constructive technical guidance to peers
• Knowledge of design standards and manufacturing processes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Additional Information

Why join us?

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities.

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies.

We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential.

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

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