Mechanical Design Engineers - Buckinghamshire UK
Type:
Permanent
Job Code:
BH-543
| Job Posted:
2023-08-17
Aerospace - Engineering - UK
Mechanical Design Engineers - Buckinghamshire ,UK
Our Leading Aerospace client require Mechanical Design Engineers to join their Mechanical Engineering department in Buckinghamshire UK.
The position is responsible for generating design concepts in line with regulatory and customer requirements and in line with the engineering specifications, including associated international and military standards as well as company requirements. It also requires the production of commercially viable product definition information (PDI) including 3D models, detail, and assembly engineering drawings.
Effective workload planning, generation of technical calculations and corresponding reports, design reviews and presentations are also required to support the development of the design, as is the necessity to work effectively with internal and external customers to achieve the optimum design through in-depth consultation with all project stakeholders.
Mentoring and training of junior personnel may also be required, depending on skills and experience.
Successful candidates will be offered an attractive salary and great benefits package including a 9% Pension.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Supporting the Integrated Project Team in defining all necessary engineering work required to gain final acceptance on new and existing products.
- Supporting the Team Lead in reading, understanding and translating customer performance-based specifications, related documents, EU directives, associated standards and other legislative requirements into engineering specifications.
- Supporting the Team Lead/Senior Design Engineer in conducting trade studies into potential engineering solutions to determine the best, most commercially sound solution within the given parameters whilst optimising manufacturability using 3D CAD.
- Carrying out all necessary performance and structural calculations via hand calculations and other software tools such as spreadsheets and finite element analysis etc. to support design development.
- Producing top level design layouts from which detailed parts may be developed.
- Calling and chairing design reviews as required.
- Producing and maintaining engineering PDI in accordance with engineering procedures.
- Consulting extensively with associates and others, with a high degree of reliance placed on scientific interpretation and advice.
- Developing and maintaining cost and mass models for products.
- Producing and presenting design review presentations to internal and external customers.
- Produce a variety of detailed reports including e.g. CE marking technical files, load and stress reports.
- Checking engineering drawings for functionality and correctness and ensuring drawing complies with Engineering Drawing Best Practice.
- Produce quality 3D models, suitable for downstream consumption by CAM and CMM (Inspection) software.
- Generating a variety of engineering documents including reports, e.g. Mass Reports, Costed BOMs, DFMEAs etc.
- Supporting trial installations and take part in ‘voice of the customer’ visits.
- Conducting clearance and interchangeability analysis as required.
- Preparing retrofit and modifications designs.
- Producing, modifying, updating and up-revising engineering PDI in accordance with the company's engineering change procedures.
- Identifying opportunities for continual improvement or company's products and processes.
Education & Qualifications:- An Engineering Degree Accredited by IMechE / RAeS / IET
- 2.2 or above and a Mechanical Engineering Degree being desirable
Specific / Technical Skill- An experience in design software including 3D CAD modelling.
- MS Office (suite of applications).
- Knowledge of finite element techniques.
- Experience of the following would be beneficial:
- NX and Teamcenter.
- ANSYS, Strand7, NX Nastran, LS Dyna.
- Multibody dynamics modelling tools such as ADAMS.
- TK Solver or MathCAD
- SAP ERP system.
- Design policies, processes and procedures.
Person Specification:- Attention to detail – thorough, accurate and concern for all the areas involved. Right First Time approach to design.
- Drive to achieve results - sets own standards, checks own work, and demonstrates a positive approach.
- Judgement and decision making - evaluates key decision-making criteria
- Planning and organising work.
- Analysis and problem solving - sees basic relationships and reacts positively.
- Working collaboratively - actively contributes to achieve organisational objectives.
- Professional / technical expertise - uses technical and professional knowledge, skills and judgment effectively.
- Initiative – acts on various methods and strategies for solving problems and meeting objectives before being asked or required to do so.
- Innovation – uses original thought to propose a meaningful innovative change.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Knowledge & Experience:- Managing design projects under tight time and quality constraints.
- Experience of full design process, ideally gained from designing machines or test equipment which involved gaining CE certification.
- Experience in areas such as geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, layout of engineering drawings in relation to US/UK standards.
- Product costings and analyses
- Good understanding of modern manufacturing methods and processes.
- Creation and delivery of presentation work.
- Experience of the following would be beneficial:
- General knowledge and experience of working within US MIL STD / UK Def. Stan.
- Patents demonstrating track record of innovative designs.
- Knowledge and application of Aerospace / Defence or similar design.
- A good awareness of electrical and pneumatic devices, able to select suitable gearboxes, motors, switches and valves etc.
- Gaining product CE certification
Candidates must be willing to undergo UK Security Clearance procedures. Our Client works with Defence related products and systems.
