Job Description:

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer           Fareham, Hampshire – onsite
£50,000 - £60,000 (negotiable)

Due to continued success this small innovative engineering company seeks an experienced mechanical design engineer to join their team.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer candidates will need to have

• Solid professional experience within mechanical design having taken numerous products from concept to production
• Competent with 2D and 3D CAD as well as stress analysis/ FEA
• A natural curiosity for engineering and technology, being adept as problem solving and learning new techniques and engineering skills
• The ability to work effectively and efficiently in a small company environment

The role will involve taking products from concept to production. You will be involved with all aspects of product design and development and will support NPI, sales and bid teams.
The company is involved with low volume, bespoke systems for defence and security markets. The projects are broad and varied but require the ability to solve complex and challenging engineering problems and design simple, robust and user-friendly solutions for use in the field. Hence designing high reliability and rugged products would be useful.

Skills / Knowledge required: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

• A degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g. mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, naval architecture)
• At least 5 years of professional experience within mechanical design (taking products from concept to production) covering a broad range of products and applications
• Stress analysis and / or structural engineering would be useful (e.g. FEA, hand calculations)
• Excellent and current 3D solid modelling experience (Solidworks, NX, Catia or similar)
• Experience of thermal management, EMC shielding, packaging of electrical / electronic systems OR vehicle integration / systems integration would be great

Beneficial skills (nice to have): Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

• Experience of developing products and systems for the defence or security markets (e.g. military vehicles, specialist equipment, maritime / airborne sensors / communication arrays, ruggedised portable or vehicle mounted equipment, etc)
• Experience of low-volume, high value, electromechanical systems for static or mobile applications (ideally military, aerospace, marine or similar)
• Experience of electrical integration or cable routing would be useful

This Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role is commutable from Southampton, Winchester, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Bognor Regis, Eastleigh, Havant and Petersfield.