Mechanical Design & Product Improvement Engineer in England

Our client is seeking a Mechanical Design & Product Improvement Engineer to join them on a permanent basis. In this role, you will play a key part in reducing cost, lead time, and risk across legacy products and designs, driving improvements through innovative design changes, process optimisation, and the introduction of new technologies.

Location: Oxfordshire, UK

Hours: Full Time, flexible working available

Salary: Discussed Upon Application

Clearance: Ability to gain UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for interfacing with Manufacturing, Assembly and Integration Team.
• Work with internal customers and stakeholders to understand their requirements and use your expertise to identify any impact on designs and resolve technical issues/requirements pragmatically and efficiently.
• Independently assess areas of opportunity to reduce cost, risk and lead time of products/processes, and identify cost effective solutions to these challenges.
• Carry out detailed reviews to test and prove the robustness of the design in all anticipated situations.
• Comply with and work toward meeting requirements according to the TRS and the DDVP.
• Manage and maintain the design configuration of designs produced.
• Provide technical expertise and support to procurement, assembly, and test activities.
• Work autonomously to build and test new designs/concepts as part of de-risking activities.
• Take a lead role in project team and represent the project team at meetings where various stakeholders are present.
• Support bids and proposals with the Business Development team as and when required.
• Responsible for reviewing and managing budget, schedule and risk.
• Producing, compiling, and presenting technical content at project meetings, where required presenting to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrative experience of working within high regulated environment such as space, aerospace.
• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science subject.
• A good understanding of one of the following disciplines and familiarity with the rest: mechanical, thermal, electrical systems, systems engineering.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: Aerospace Composites, Gears, motors, or mechanisms.
• Excellent communication skills and proficient with MS Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Excellent team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Proactive and innovative approach to problem solving presenting findings and solutions.
• Ability to plan and organise workload across multiple projects ensuring deadlines are met.
• Quality mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously where required on a diverse range of tasks.
• Comfortable to complete physical build and test work where required to support R&D activities.
• Experience with software packages for mechanical design and/or structural analysis, thermal analysis and mathematical modelling e.g. SW professional, FEMAP, NASTRAN, ADAMS, Matlab, Python etc.
• Familiarity with a range of composite design, manufacturing and inspection techniques.
• Experience in a similar role within a regulated industry (Space, Nuclear, Aerospace, Automotive).
• Familiarity with RF systems engineering.
• UK Government National Security Vetting to SC (Security Check) or DV (Developed Vetting) level or willing to apply for this vetting.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation.