Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Posted 2024-11-27
  • Job ID: 33362

Mechanical Design Engineer

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Reports to Head of Engineering

SYR are proud to represent a leader in maritime technology and engineering!

With a big focus on decarbonisation & sustainability, this company is leaps and bounds above most with its niche projects!

Key responsibilities:

  • Working within an integrated, multi-disciplinary design and development team to generate design concepts through to production, ensuring that proposed design solutions meet all project requirements for function, quality, timing and cost.
  • Working on a variety of projects, anything from 40m fabricated WindWing® structures for series production, to a one-off prototype for a small foiling vessel.
  • Take a key role within a large programme or lead a smaller project, working closely with the technical lead engineer.
  • Taking responsibility to deliver the design of components and systems meeting the company processes and standards.
  • Contribute to the continual improvement and development of methodologies and toolsets to enhance our processes and techniques to stay at the forefront of innovation.
  • Support pre-contract and concept generation, through feasibility, to support early-stage planning and requirements generation.
  • Lead and develop junior team members.
  • Completing hand calculations for mechanical fixings, inserts and bonded joints.
  • Technical liaison with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, and internal stakeholders.
  • Support business development activities and creation of customer proposals.
  • Support project management activities and monitor project plans and progress.
  • Balancing multiple concurrent projects, understand your working priorities and clearly show progress, delivery status, and key risks and issues.
  • Supporting with physical build, evaluation, and validation
  • Supporting the compilation of DFMEA’s
  • Management of external resource in conjunction with line manager

We are looking for

  • A degree in mechanical, automotive, marine or aerospace engineering.
  • Extensive experience in the use of a major CAD system (NX ideally) to produce detailed drawings to a high standard with the correct application of GD&T and DFM as necessary.
  • Excellent understanding of mechanical engineering principles, and application through use of design calculations.
  • Experience in designing both metallic and composite components would be ideal.
  • Excellent understanding of materials, welding, bonding, and fastening techniques.
  • Some familiarity of hands-on workshop activities like fabrication, CNC machining would be desirable.
  • Extensive experience with classical hand calculations and creating own calculation sheets.
  • Experience in the use of FEA tools to accelerate development and support with validation of the design would be preferable.
  • A working Knowledge of TeamCentre and Siemens SimCentre would be advantageous.
  • Understanding of production manufacturing techniques would be desirable.
  • Ability to coach and supervise more junior engineers, and to delegate as appropriate.
  • Must be able to work within a close-knit team taking and giving instruction as appropriate.
  • Project management experience would be an advantage.
  • Committed to taking ownership of allocated tasks and determined to achieve challenging tasks and be self-motivated.
  • Attention to detail, be accurate at all times, and apply appropriate validation techniques.

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