Description
Main duties of the position
To undertake Mechanical engineering activities for assigned projects
Key responsibilities
- Leading on all aspects of mechanical design
- Providing expertise at embryonic design stages in order to shape new innovative, cost effective safety critical equipment with particular emphasis on Size Weight and Power (SWAP).
- Design and delivery of complex mechanical housings.
- Folded metal fabrications.
- Heat shrink design and thermal analysis.
- Cable assembly design and manufacturing drawings.
- Gasket design
- Advising on end user installation and related matters.
- Authoring product assembly drawings and instructions.
- Compiling and managing of bills of materials.
- Liaising with/management of suppliers and contractors.
- Lead the transition of mechanical designs into manufacture
- Lead on the system installation design
- Other related tasks, as and when required.
- Maintain relevant documentation (requirements, design, test, interface, manuals)
- Customer support and liaison (some international travel may be required)
Essential skills
- Degree in mechanical engineering or closely related subject
- Broad knowledge of mechanical design
- Expert in the use of Solidworks
- Experience in thermal and environmental modelling
- Experience in the design of metal enclosures
- Design for test, cost and manufacture
- Eligible for SC clearance
Desirable skills
- Electronics
- Knowledge of radio systems
- Vehicle installation design
- Experience of defining and executing formal qualification testing such as EMC, environmental, safety testing in line with Def-Stans, Mil-STD, ISO etc.
- SC cleared