Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Got an interest in the marine industry? Thought about going into something different? We are currently working with a company at the forefront of innovative engineering solutions for the Marine industry. They utilise that cutting edge, fast paced development experience to create world leading products that redefine the industry. They are looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team and contribute to the design of their current projects as well as taking ownership of mechanical systems, from concept through to production.

Job 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

Experience Required:

• 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