Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

An opportunity has arisen with my client for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join them on a 6 –month contract. As the Principal Mechanical Design Engineer you will develop products to meet customer's needs. You will perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.

Role: Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
Pay: 40 – 50 per hour via umbrella
Location: Stevenage or Bristol
Contract: 6 months
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37 hours per week
Security Clearance: Security Cleared however can start on BPSS, UK Eyes only

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
• Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
• Support to functional & environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
• Planning and reporting on own day–to–day activities to meet project milestones.
• Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity.

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool.
• An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
• Manufacturing processes.
• Tolerance studies.
• Environmental testing.
• Mass property calculations.
• Material selection.
• FMEA.
• Design for Manufacture/Assembly.
• Environmental Gasket Sealing.
• Structural design.
• Defence Standards.
• Review processes.
• Product Life cycles.
• Industrial validation.
• An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews.

If you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation.