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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Matchtech
City of London
2 weeks ago
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will be part of a multidisciplinary team working on exciting defence and maritime projects.


Responsibilities

  • Supporting the definition of Mechanical architecture, system and sub‑system requirements and their validation and verification.
  • Support to developing, documenting and delivering viable mechanical solutions for complex systems using the company engineering toolsets.
  • Creation and peer review of technical artefacts, including mechanical design documentation, design data packs, analysis, plans and procedures in accordance with our product development framework.
  • Development of the project mechanical test solution, and test procedures to support the verification of the hardware.
  • Supporting the mechanical integration, verification and acceptance testing collecting and presenting evidence as necessary.
  • Prepare and present mechanical technical solutions and risks to stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Provision of in‑service and production support to internal and external customers.
  • May act in technical led role on specific projects or activities.
  • Support the continuous improvement of the Mechanical Engineering function, including processes and tools.
  • Adhere to the company’s mechanical engineering processes and procedures.
  • Coaching and mentoring of more junior Engineers.

Experience needed

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Experience across the whole project lifecycle of developing mechanical solutions against design brief/requirements set.
  • Experience in mechanical design and documentation using MCAD, MCAE, PLM and ERP toolsets (Solidworks, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Windchill, IFS or similar).
  • A good understanding of key mechanical engineering principles e.g. material selection, assembly techniques and manufacturing processes.
  • Hands‑on experience of designing complex systems involving multiple engineering disciplines and understanding of associated challenges and risks.
  • Successful delivery of reliable solutions to time‑scale and requirements.
  • Experience of designing products in the Defence domain (preferably Maritime).
  • Experience of using mechanical design analysis techniques and toolsets to evaluate different potential solutions e.g. trade‑studies, calculations, modelling and simulation.
  • A team‑oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals.
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a deadline‑oriented environment.

Working

  • The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company sites in the UK. Office site presence, anticipated 2/3 days onsite, depending on project needs.
  • All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and be a sole / dual British national.

Company overview

  • Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
  • The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!

Benefits

  • Optional 9 day fortnight
  • TOIL
  • 1pm finish on a Friday
  • Annual bonus
  • 25 days holiday
  • Christmas shut down.
  • Option to buy or sell holiday.
  • Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
  • Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
  • 4 x annual salary life cover

Seniority level

  • Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

  • Full‑time

Job function

  • Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing

Industries

  • Engineering Services, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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