Senior Mechanical Design Contractor
Stirling Dynamics
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Location Type: Office
Location: Bristol • United Kingdom
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Tech Stack
About the role
- Supporting the design and development of innovative technical solutions for applications within the aerospace, flight simulator & Urban Air Mobility sectors.
- Work closely with teams across the business within a multidisciplinary project team.
- Ensure the delivery of projects to the agreed technical requirements, timescales and budget.
- Involved in all aspects of the product design life cycle, from initial concept generation to the detailed design, implementation, product improvement and in-service product support.
- Providing conceptual and detail designs to satisfy project requirements.
- Preparing design support documentation and maintaining concise engineering records.
- Producing of drawing packs in line with configuration management processes.
- Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/designs and future trends.
- Supporting NPI/development projects in the introduction of new designs.
- Reduce variability in manufacturing by providing standard work methods and work instructions.
- Generating production documentation such as assembly instructions.
- Conducting engineering investigations for existing product improvements.
- Conducting engineering change management activities on existing designs.
- Designing fixtures and tooling for assembly tasks.
- Ensuring adherence to best practice technical standards, including those issued via the Company’s Quality Management System, classifications and statutory bodies.
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical or Design Engineering (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of BS8888 & GD&T
- Experience with part and assembly design using CAD software
- Proficient with mechanical part manufacturing methods
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Positive "Can Do" attitude
- Good verbal/communication skills.
- Proven technical leadership in a similar role (desired)
- Configuration management using a PDM software (desired)
- Design for manufacture experience (desired)
- Proficient with SolidWorks & PDM (desired)
- Experience with Siemens NX & Teamcenter (desired)
- Experience with Catia V5 or V6 (desired)
- ASME Y14.5 (desired)
- Relevant experience within a product design team, preferably within aerospace.
Benefits
- Competitive Package - rate will be discussed based on experience.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Mechanical EngineeringDesign EngineeringCAD SoftwarePart DesignAssembly DesignManufacturing MethodsConfiguration ManagementDesign for ManufactureEngineering Change ManagementBenchmarking Studies
Soft Skills
Ability to work with minimal supervisionAbility to work within a multi-disciplinary teamPositive attitudeGood verbal communication skillsTechnical leadership
Certifications
Degree in Mechanical EngineeringDegree in Design EngineeringBS8888GD&TASME Y14.5