At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to design and prove innovative mechanical solutions.
- Company: Leading engineering firm in the defence sector, fostering collaboration.
- Benefits: Long-term contract with competitive pay and opportunities for skill development.
- Other info: Exciting career growth potential in a multifaceted engineering team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on cutting-edge projects in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience with Creo 3D and knowledge of manufacturing processes required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
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 and 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 appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer employer: Akkodis
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