Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen with our client for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join them on a 6‑month contract. The successful candidate will develop products to meet customer needs and progress developmental designs into production environments, working closely 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; 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, including both individual parts and assemblies.
• Support and liaise with manufacturing to resolve manufacturing problems and defects.
• Support functional and environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
• Plan and report on own day‑to‑day activities to meet project milestones.
• Clarify and help generate requirements, challenging extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity.

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool.
• Appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
• Knowledge of several of the following:
• Manufacturing processes
• Tolerance studies
• Environmental test
• Mass property calculations
• Material selection
• FMEA
• Design for Manufacture/Assembly
• Environmental gasket sealing
• Structural design
• Defence standards
• Review processes
• Product life cycles
• Industrial validation
• Ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and to partake in or host design reviews.

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