Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer required for long term contract assignment based in Stevenage Responsibilities: Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies. * Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems defects. * Support to functional environmental testing and trials. * Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise. * Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones. * Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity Skillset/experience required: * Experience using Creo 3D design tool Knowledge of several of the following: * Manufacturing processes * Tolerance studies * Environmental test * Mass property calculations * Material selection * FMEA * Design for Manufacture/Assembly * Environmental Gasket Sealing * Structural design * Defence Standards * Review processes * Product Lifecycles * Industrial validation * An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews. * An apprec...