Thermal Engineer

JAM; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM in Portsmouth seeks a Principal Thermal Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical engineering aspects of new radar technologies. You will provide expert thermal mechanical knowledge across design, build, integration and test of complex systems, directing a small team and collaborating with project leadership.

The role requires experience with CFD/FEA, high standards of safety and the ability to apply engineering to differentiate products within the Future Radar portfolio.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Thermal Mechanical Systems and related domains (CFD/FEA, propulsion or structures).
• Experience designing, building, integrating and testing complex mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and technical leadership to a team of mechanical/CAD engineers.
• Organise and oversee work packages within projects.
• Liaise with project management and technical authority to pursue project aims.
• Review work and coach the mechanical engineering team.

Skills

Thermal analysis

CFD/FEA

Leadership

Stakeholder management

SAP PDM

Tools

SAP PDM

Job description

The Principal Thermal Mechanical Engineer is a key role that leads the mechanical engineering aspects of the development of new radar technologies. Reporting to the Project Engineering Manager, this role must have an expert thermal mechanical knowledge with experience in the general design, build, integration and test of complex mechanical systems.

The holder will themselves be a subject matter expert the area of Thermal Mechanical Systems, with experience in other mechanical areas for example, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Propulsion or Structures. They may also hold Mechanical Design Authority for the Future Radar Products.

• Experience and knowledge of the design and implementation of thermal management systems including heat exchangers is highly desirable
• Experience and knowledge of the design, build, test and use of composite structural materials is essential.
• Familiarity with the use of relevant modelling and simulation tools for analysis of structure behaviours under static and dynamic load, shock and vibration is essential
• Familiarity with the content, applicability and use of relevant Standards is highly desirable
• Experience and knowledge of engineering lifecycles from requirements capture and derivation to in-service support is highly desirable.
• Have CEng status, working towards this or relevant experience

The role assists in delivery of projects to budget, schedule, scope and risk management.

• Provide, direction and technical expertise to a small team of mechanical/CAD engineers working on the development of new radar products
• Organise and oversee work packages within the project
• Effectively liaise with the project engineering manager, the project manager and the project technical authority in pursuance of the project aims
• Review work of the mechanical engineering team, guide and coach the team appropriately
• Subject matter expert in the area of Thermal Mechanical Engineering discipline.
• Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Being a strong influencer in the Mechanical Engineering community, embracing change and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.
• Updating and complying with company standards, processes and guidelines.
• Proficient in the use of SAP PDM tool for maintaining and updating design data

Requires an understanding of concepts and principals relating to an area within the Mechanical Engineering discipline. Has experience and able to apply knowledge to a wide range of engineering issues within the Mechanical Engineering discipline.

• Helps with planning and supervising the work of the mechanical engineering team within the Future Radar portfolio
• Directs technical work assignments and reviews of work in progress.
• Reviews technical feasibility of proposed solutions to engineering problems.
• Personally, helps solve particularly complex technical problems.

Safety

• The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained, understood, implemented and followed by their team. This includes; co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training; reporting work-related hazards or incidents, using all equipment for the purpose intended, setting high standards for SHE, leading by example and establishing the expectation that others do the same; promoting risk awareness, ensuring that risks are assessed and adequately controlled, encouraging the team to report incidents and defects and make suggestions to improve SHE standards; and ensuring actions to address SHE issues are prioritised and resourced appropriately. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029).
• Requires an understanding of how own activities integrate within those of own team and how activities of own team interrelate and interact with other teams within the business
• Understands competitor activity and engineering
• Understands how to apply engineering to differentiate the business and its products
• Understands how the engineering discipline integrates into other technologies and products
• Understands in detail the technical specification aligned to own functional area of activity and requires an understanding of the external environment including standards

Skills:

• Explains difficult technical subject matter to non-specialists and other engineers
• Works with engineering managers to ensure they fully understand technical applications and opportunities for exploitation of engineering
• Applies influence and assistance to engineering leaders to select appropriate technologies and technical applications
• Requires strong communication, diplomacy and interpersonal skills
• Reviews technical specifications, determines engineering processes and standards relevant to the discipline and resolves complex engineering product and service problems and issues
• Develops innovative and creative solutions to challenging engineering problems and issues based on analysis of multiple sources of information