Mechanical Engineer - Certification & Validation

Position: Mechanical Engineer - Certification & Validation
Mechanical Engineer - Certification & Validation

Location:

Stevenage (Hertfordshire)
Duration: 6 months (extension possible)
Rate: £50 p/h Umbrella
IR35:
Inside
Clearance: SC (BPSS to start possible) / UK Eyes Only (UKEO)
Working pattern: 2 days minimum onsite, remainder remote

Overview

An opportunity to become part of Europe's No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer's needs. Within this role you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to work on the certification and validation activities to allow a new product to be delivered into service with international customers.

Responsibilities:

Support the Mechanical Certification Lead Engineer on generating evidence statements against Mechanical Requirements.

* Interpreting Test reports from subsystem, inert and live munition testing

* Interfacing with the Systems team, Architecture team, test team and others to gather the evidence required.

* Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones.

Skillset/experience required:

Required:

* Experience writing concise evidence statements against technical requirements

* Experience generating reports from testing or modelling work

* Experience working with diverse stakeholders

* Experience viewing models in 3D design tool (ideally Creo)

* Experience working within or closely with a Mechanical design team

Preferred:

* Experience working with diverse stakeholders

* Experience with DOORS

* Defence or Aerospace experience

* Experience working to Defence Standards

* Environmental testing experience

* Understanding of CADMID product life cycle

* An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.

* Experience using Windchill and interrogating BOM structures