Mechanical Design Engineer

MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our client within the defence industry on an initial 6 month contract to work on exciting new projects.

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - STEVENAGE (OR BRISTOL) - 6 months - MUST UNDERGO SC CLEARANCE - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

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.