Senior Engineer – Mechanical Engineering

Join a talented and ambitious global engineering consultancy specialising in the rapid engineering and development of sustainable electrified propulsion systems and associated technologies, working directly and collaboratively with automotive, commercial vehicle, off-highway, aerospace, defence, OEMs, Tier-1s and industry research bodies through our technical centres in North America, the U.K. and India.

Drive

We constantly strive to redefine the standards of excellence in everything we do. Working with energy and enthusiasm to deliver and achieve results for our customers and ourselves.

We thrive on challenges and encourage our people to push the boundaries of conventional thinking, to seek our new possibilities and have the confidence to pursue creative solutions.

We depend on honest, open relationships built on trust, always aiming to do the right thing by each other, our people, our customers and our community. We embrace mistakes and learn from them. We enjoy and celebrate what we do together.

Expertise

We are passionate about our people and the knowledge, skills, ideas and capabilities that each employee brings. We share knowledge freely and support and develop each other’s strengths so we can succeed together.

Pay

• Annual salary reviews
• Bonus (discretionary)
• Half day Fridays (Monday to Thursday 8.25 hours, Friday 4.5 hours)
• Private healthcare (upon successful completion of probation period)
• EV car scheme (upon successful completion of probation period)
• Life assurance (upon successful completion of probation period)
• Employee assistant programme
• Free parking
• Free fruit and drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate)
• Funded family summer BBQ & Christmas party
• Flexible start & finish

Culture

• People-orientated environment where you can be yourself and realise your full potential

This is a senior engineer role responsible for solving complex transmission and driveline solutions at a component and system level by design and/or analysis methods. Using your experience to achieve this, you will use high levels of initiative and attention to detail whilst managing yourself and others to tight deadlines. This will include projects and programmes at DSD but also embedded as part of customer teams and will require the ability to understand customers’ needs and deliver high performance solutions.

• Utilise state of the art simulation techniques and design tools to design, develop and prototype transmission, driveline and actuation systems
• Help to combine and develop new techniques and analysis methods for use within the company
• Responsible for the delivery of technical work packages and whole projects
• Apply your existing experience in specifying materials, processes and design applicable for the function of the components
• Engineering through design tools, calculations, analysis, simulation, drawings and technical reporting
• Manage your own and others workload within small to medium sized projects
• Interpret customer requirements and needs to generate specification and requirement documentation.
• Generate robust virtual and physical validation plans to ensure designs meet those needs and requirements.
• Embed seamlessly into customer teams, working to achieve successful outcomes
• Work across customer functions and suppliers to manage and drive actions, to meet your own objectives
• Take responsibility for your own continual development
• Take ownership of proposals/quotes from initiation through submission with the client
• Support technical capability initiatives within the Mechanical Engineering function
• Independently and confidently present influential material to peers, customers, and technical forums
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, clients, stakeholders and contributing to the team ethic
• Undertake work with a high level of autonomy and communicating effectively throughout the business
• Acting as a role model for DSD’s values and professional standards
• Develop your personal reputation with your peers, customers and suppliers as an ambassador of DSD
• Communicate actively and effectively internally and externally
• Exhibit a passion for learning and facing new challenges
• Be willing to…