Senior Mechanical Engineer - Research & Development Engineering

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 impact
• Able to communicate succinctly and accurately on technical issues and schemes with internal and external customers and the team.
• Proactively able to manage own work
• Uses 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 institution 
• Experience with mechanical aspects of PCB & Enclosure design, with focus on designing for EMI & EMC.
• Familiarity with aerospace materials & manufacturing methods
• Understanding 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 documentation
• Self-driven and able to monitor own performance effectively to ensure commitments and deadlines are met
• Effective planning and organising capabilities

What we offer:

• Opportunity to work in a global, highly collaborative environment
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• Strong focus on learning, development, and career progression
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• A culture that promotes inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement

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