MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our client within the sovereign defence industry on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Bristol.
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER – INSIDE IR35 – £50 PER HOUR – BRISTOL – ELIGIBLE FOR SC – 6 MONTHS – 37 HOUR WEEK – SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS – 4 DAYS A WEEK ON SITE
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 undertake cutting-edge research of novel mechanical technologies to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Responsibilities:
* 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
Skillset/experience required:
* Experience using Creo 3D design tool * 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* Tooling/fixtures design* Structural design* Defence Standards* Review processes* Product Lifecycles* Industrial validation* An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews.* An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
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