Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Marine/ROV in Fareham

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

What you will be part of:

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role:

To create mechanical design solutions in line with the company’s business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as guide and mentor to other members of the team
• Be able to lead technical work packages
• Define and develop best working practices
• Act as signatory for drawing and technical document release
• Design and development of new mechanical components and product upgrades for ROV vehicles and systems, ensuring they are on time and to budget
• Contribute to design review and the release of new products, and product upgrades
• Ensure all engineering activities and projects are documented and compliant with the company quality, HSE and Environmental policy and that designs comply with internationally recognised standards
• Liaise with customers to provide application and technical information for our products to aid the selling of equipment and assist sales as required
• National & international travel in support of the company’s technical objectives
• Conduct activities in a professional manner to deliver quality mechanical design solutions
• Continually improve personal skills through training and awareness
• To work with minimal supervision either on your own or within project teams
• To undertake any other duties as appropriate within their competence, as required by their Supervisor or Manager from time to time

Qualifications and Skills:

• Degree or HND in Mechanical Engineering or similar
• Broad knowledge of mechanical systems and mechanisms
• Confident in the use of standard structural calculations
• 10+ year experience in relevant role
• Advanced user of PTC Creo for 3D Mechanical designs
• Creation of fully tolerance mechanical detail drawings and general arrangement drawings to ISO standards using 3D CAD
• Use of Finite Element Analysis structural simulation as a concurrent design verification tool
• Welded fabrication design
• Marine corrosion and design for marine subsea applications
• Understanding of electric DC motor design
• Understanding of Engineering static and dynamic sealing methodologies
• Understanding of machining processes
• Understanding of hydraulic components, circuits and schematics
• Design of ROVs or other marine/underwater equipment
• Design of hydraulic components and circuits
• Use of Product Data Management systems
• Application of Geometric Tolerancing in Engineering drawings
• Use of PTC Creo Piping and Cabling extension
• Strong communication

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.

Regardless of whether you value cutting edge technology, creativity or an innovative environment, everyone at Saab contributes to keeping people and society safe.