Senior Mechanical Engineer

Areas of Responsibility:

• Supporting the Integrated Project Team in defining all necessary engineering work required to gain final acceptance on new and existing company's 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 company's engineering change procedures.
• Identifying opportunities for continual improvement in MBA 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.
  • MBA 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