Senior Mechanical Engineer

Eaton; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Cheltenham team. You will develop product data to the domain level with minimal supervision, support design intent, and ensure delivery within schedule and budget.

You will interface with operations and supply chain to meet requirements and apply DFM/DFT practices throughout the project lifecycle. You will lead small work packages, communicate proposals at design reviews, and collaborate with commercial, finance and supply chain functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent with extensive post-qualification experience.
• Chartered engineer or equivalent preferred.
• Experience with EMI/EMC, PCB & enclosure design.
• Understanding of airworthiness and safety for certification, DO-160 awareness.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical documents and design/product data to functional domain level with minimal supervision.
• Interface with operations and supply chain to ensure design intent is met.
• Lead small technical work packages and guide other engineers to meet schedule, budget and quality.
• Perform FEA analyses and contribute to design for manufacture and production processes.
• Author complex assemblies and drawings using CAD tools and ensure dimensional accuracy.

Skills

Communication skills

Planning & organizing

Self-motivation

Engineering interface

DFM/DFT

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

CAD tools

FEA

PLM tools

PCB/Enclosure input

Job description

Eaton MSD Cheltenham is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Engineering Function.What you’ll do:Able to prepare technical documents and design and develop product data to their functional domain level with no supervision. Support the design intent, delivering design solutions to meet project schedule & budget requirements.Apply and scrutinise requirements of a project with no supervision.Be able to technically interface with operations and supply chain ensuring the design intent is met and requirements achieved, applying developing DFM / DFT practices throughout.Assist in preparing and reviewing engineering estimates & bids, including identifying risks and dependencies within and across functions.Effective communication skills. Capable of presenting ideas and proposals to peers and line managers, including presenting at external design reviews (with some support).Ability to liaise with support functions (Commercial, Finance, Supply chain etc)Awareness of PLM tools.Competent at Configuration and Change management and security marking aspects of all types of documentation and drawings.Fully understands the security aspects of what we do, commercial export licences and their need and ITAR requirements.Capable of Assisting in failure investigations and recommending appropriate solutions, reporting findings to management and customers.Support the resolution of technical challenges, supporting other engineers in the relevant domain.Capable of leading small technical work packages within a project guiding other engineers as required to help meet schedule, budget and quality.Competent at authoring complex assemblies and drawings & models using one or more of the company selected CAD tools.Competent at interpreting and layout drawings, all dimensioning, applying linear and geometric tolerances to British and International Standards, contributes to the companies own Draughting Standard Manual.Competent at designing electrical wiring assemblies, has an appreciation of working with electronic PCB assemblies and other sub-assemblies in electromechanical designs, with input to the electronics design and PCB layout, software and systems activities.Competent at FEA analysis and reporting.Competent at designing for manufacture and production processes. Competent understanding of project and engineering lifecycles and required activities within own discipline.Technically competent to assess and manage technical risk in their area and honestly present the detail and the wider impactAble to communicate succinctly and accurately on technical issues and schemes with internal and external customers and the team.Proactively able to manage own workUses own initiative and makes timely decisions within the scope of the role and is financially aware of the consequences of decisions.Good application of Microsoft packages and relevant software for the role.Qualifications:Relevant qualifications to an appropriate level, typically a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience, with significant post-qualification experience in a range of roles within a relevant complex engineering environment.Preferably a Chartered engineer or equivalent with a recognised professional engineering institutionExperience with mechanical aspects of PCB & Enclosure design, with focus on designing for EMI & EMC.Familiarity with aerospace materials & manufacturing methodsUnderstanding of airworthiness and safety for certification. Understands DO-160 and other environmental requirements.Skills:Good communication skills demonstrated both verbally and in the generation of documentationSelf-driven and able to monitor own performance effectively to ensure commitments and deadlines are metEffective planning and organising capabilitiesWhat we offer:Opportunity to work in a global, highly collaborative environmentChallenging projects in dynamic collaborative teamStrong focus on learning, development, and career progressionCompetitive compensation and benefits packageA culture that promotes inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement#LI-NK2All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.