Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

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Location:

Amesbury, England, United Kingdom

Role Type:
Permanent – Full Time

Package: £52,425 - £58,250 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role : SF19956

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at our Boscombe Down site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be Leading the Delivery of Mechanical Design solutions and taking ownership of delivery on complex tasks, requiring high integrity engineering and managing complex, unusual tasks involving significant challenges

Day-to-day, you’ll support numerous Aircraft Modifications and Ship designs. Each Team will have unique engineering focusses and will explore and test the problem space thoroughly, guiding others in generating their own hardware solutions and be prepared to lead and co-ordinate the reviews and testing of these ideas at design reviews.

• Reviews:
  Guiding others and corral SME's at Design Reviews and hold pre-reviews
• Responsible for bringing together and chairing Engineering reviews
• Delivery:
  Directly Contributes to continuous improvement
• Technical:
  Providing advice or presentation to customers, stakeholders and peers
• Governance:
  Managing the quality assurance and authoring processes

• Experience designing technical hardware solutions. Ideally from a regulated industry requiring complex problem solving, precision tolerances or specific domain knowledge
• Significant experience creating technical Drawings from 3D Models, working with suppliers, manufacturers, customers, and subject matter experts
• Function without supervision on a day-to-day basis and be capable of providing guidance and advice to less experienced practitioners
• Deep understanding of budgets, group behaviour, Patterns of behaviour and using this to deliver to time quality, cost Hazard Identification, safety cases and safety management systems
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering fundamentals

• HNC/HND/Degree in Aeronautical, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or Product Design

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Boscombe Down site with a minimum average site attendance of four days per week. Compressed hours are available for a nine day fortnight.

MOD Boscombe Down is a unique operational site featuring the longest military runway in the UK. Primarily focusing on providing testing, evaluation and support services for aviation and aerospace systems. Renowned for its extensive flight testing capabilities the site plays a vital role in the UK’s aviation defence contributing to the development, testing and airworthiness of military aircraft enhancing operational readiness and effectiveness.

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join Qineti

Q. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse…