Chief Analyst -Transmissions in Royal Leamington Spa

Hybrid - commutable to office location, On site - within office location listed.

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The role involves providing mechanical analysis leadership to other engineers supporting design and development projects using a range of analysis tools including both commercial analysis codes and classical calculations. The role will be primarily responsible for transmissions analysis but may cover other analysis activities including a range of powertrain types, from conventional combustion engine through to hybrid and electric powertrains, and other mechanical systems.

Key Tasks

• Analysis to support the design process including gear layout concepting, gear durability, bearing specification and shaft durability.
• Preparation of gear drawing details including specification of gear micro geometry.
• Many non-standard analysis tasks to direct design recommendations or problem resolutions to the expectation of the client.
• Development of analysis methodologies in the above mentioned areas.
• Technical supervision of junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project analysis activities for transmissions and other systems.
• Produce high quality innovative mechanical analysis, using state-of-the-art multi-body dynamics analysis and hand calculations.
• Lead engineering activities for transmissions from clean sheet concepting, through prototype, to full series production on client projects.
• Responsible for working closely with a design and development team to assess functionality and performance of the developed systems; discuss and agree on requirements and targets.
• Interpretation of analysis results and suggestions for improvements.
• Preparation of detailed technical presentations for both internal and client project engineering review.
• Work to internal and client quality procedures and validation processes.
• Support the development of future products and services; assisting in the development of new techniques.
• Develop processes, procedures and team for the delivery of analysis activities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Graduate mechanical / automotive / aerospace engineers with experience of mechanical analysis.
• Minimum degree in an Engineering or Science related discipline (e.g. electrical and electronic engineering / mechanical engineering / physics / computer science / software engineering / maths / control engineering).
• Excellent theoretical and analytical skills relating to dynamics and kinematics of mechanisms. Application experience in analysis of transmission or reciprocating and rotating components using hand calculations, multi-body dynamics or FEA tools is beneficial.
• Expert knowledge of transmission technology.
• Experience with using office tools e.g. Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Able to work independently, setting task priorities to deliver the required project deliverables on time.
• Strong teamwork, organizational, oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to communicate and make presentations with a high degree of clarity, having the ability to write and deliver technical presentations to both internal project teams and clients, at gateway and management reviews.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and attention to detail.

Working with Ricardo

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Wellbeing and work life balance

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, careers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance program.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.