Senior Aerospace Mechanical Design Engineer – Lead & Innovate

Energy Jobline CVL; Virginia; On-site; USD 87,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for an aerospace role based in Oxfordshire. The position requires delivering complex mechanical designs and leading engineering work packages to meet certification and customer requirements.

You will mentor junior engineers and work toward signatory status, with emphasis on integrating modules into the overall product and maintaining cost/weight targets.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification in mechanical/aerospace/structural field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication, plastics vacuum forming, CNC machining and composite lay up.
• Proficient with CATIA V5, AutoCAD and PLM systems (Enovia SmarTeam, ARAS).

Responsibilities

• Aid in the development of new product designs and their structure in the PLM system.
• Manage the product maturity and development in the PLM system.
• Lead the design effort for packages of work or modules and to develop and manage the tasks and deliverables of a team of design engineers.
• Design checks the modules (2D, 3D, EBoMs) against internal standards and be responsible for the technical accuracy of designs prior to processing for release.
• Responsible for the design and detail modelling of a variety of systems and components to meet the customer, regulatory and OEM requirements.
• To monitor, manage and meet the cost and weight targets.
• To ensure the selection and application of materials and processes are appropriate to each design element and are in line with standards, materials and processes guides.
• Ensure the successful integration of each of their module(s) within the product as a whole.
• Manage design changes as required to support manufacturing/production, customers, quality, and certification.
• Generate and/or revise specifications.
• Coach, mentor and develop less experienced design engineers (apprentices, graduates etc.).
• To work towards achieving design signatory status/Compliance Verification Engineer status.

Skills

CATIA V5

Autodesk AutoCAD

PLM Systems

Education

Engineering qualification in mechanical/aerospace/structural

Job description

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for an aerospace role based in Oxfordshire. The position requires delivering complex mechanical designs and leading engineering work packages to meet certification and customer requirements.

You will mentor junior engineers and work toward signatory status, with emphasis on integrating modules into the overall product and maintaining cost/weight targets.