Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Cirrus Selection Limited ,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Salary: From £38,000 to £50,000 per annum Overtime, Bonus & Excellent Benefits

Overview

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire Salary: Up to £50,000 P/A benefits (including Pension, Overtime, Bonus) Hours:37 hours per week We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, to join a world class technical engineering company based in Stevenage. The company are a highly respected and innovative business who are growing year on year. The opportunity will present the successful applicant with the environment to realise their potential and grow with the business. The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will have the drive and enthusiasm to join a growing team of highly experienced Mechanical Design Engineers , developing design solutions for a highly complex product used in the defence sector. The company offer excellent career opportunities, a fantastic working environment and a highly competitive benefits package. The role provides great opportunities for personal development including Chartership and Professional Accreditation. You will have the potential to work on multi-national projects with the associated international travel. Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Duties · Working to evolving technical and environmental requirements. · Ensuring robust design using common development techniques such as DFMEA, DFA, DFM. · Leading proving activities to ensure compliance against requirements. · Managing physical interfaces with suppliers and subcontractors in order to integrate 3rd party supplied equipment/hardware. · Development budgets and project planning including resource identification of people or equipment. · Supporting series production through Industrial validation activities (ensure quality/rate/cost). Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Skills and Qualifications: · Ideally Degree/HND/HNC qualified with significant experience in Mechanical Design and Development. · You will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead mechanical design work packages and have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team with the awareness and understanding of the challenges that this may bring. · Awareness of proving activities to ensure compliance against requirements. · Robust design experience using common development techniques such as DFMEA, DFA, DFM. · Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across the business. · Experience of supplier engagement and development across internal and external multi-disciplinary teams. · Have the awareness and understanding of cultural differences with the ability to adapt accordingly. · You will have a willing, helpful attitude, a calm professional manner, and the ability to assess and set priorities and deal with multiple issues on a regular basis · An understanding of structural/thermal/dynamic analysis would be advantageous. · Relevant 3D CAD/CAE experience (training on our preferred CAE tools will be given) Please note; Due to the occasional high amount of applications, it can be difficult to reply to everyone. If you haven’t been contacted within 1 working week, then you haven’t been successful on this occasion. However, thank you for your interest. Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89691720