Principal Mechanical Engineer

JOB AD:

ROLE: Principle Mechanical Engineer

LOCATION: London, England

DURATION: Permanent

WORK SETUP: 4 days onsite/1 remote a week

My client is at the forefront of pioneering enterprise-grade Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) antennas for satellite communications on the move, designed to provide seamless connectivity across air, land, and sea, catering to both commercial and military clientele.

They are looking for a Principle Mechanical Engineer that will be required to provide technical leadership, vision, direction, and mentoring for a team of multidisciplinary Mechanical Engineers to deliver a SatCom ESA in accordance with the applicable air-worthiness standard and the company process. This role will report to the Head of Mechanical Engineering.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for leading the mechanical design and development aspect of the airborne SatCom ESA project, including defining the mechanical architecture and the mechanical requirement flow-down from the system requirements in collaboration with the Project Engineering Director.

Excellent technical and analytical capabilities in the development of airborne ESA mechanical designs covering functional, thermal, environmental and structural aspects that meet the needs of the company's product and technology requirements.

Responsible for defining, creating and monitoring of the mechanical design work packages and directing the Mechanical Engineers within the project.

Organise and manage mechanical design reviews as appropriate with other engineering teams to ensure requirements are captured to ensure right first-time designs.

Work with Project Manager to develop realisable project plans that will ensure the effective and timely development of ESA mechanical solutions that meet the system requirements.

Support the wider technical deliverables required for product development, Work with the Head of Mechanical Engineering and other engineering Leads across multiple disciplines to deliver multi-disciplinary product designs and delivery to tight timescales, communicating through plans, presentations and status reports.

Manage suppliers to deliver subcontracted designs, manufacturing, assembly, analysis and test (in conjunction with the operations team)..Guide, support and mentor the members of the Mechanical Engineering team, developing their skills, experience and capabilities in the process.

Identify and implement continuous improvements associated with the product development lifecycle. Author and maintain processes as required.

Produce documentation, specifications and reports to an excellent standard to support quality assurance.

Skills and Qualifications:

10+ years in mechanical design for electromechanical products.

Understands DO-160 and its implications for mechanical design.

A good first or Upper 2nd Class degree (BEng/MEng) in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work-based qualifications.

Excellent communications skills and able to take responsibility for the mechanical team delivery of projects (to meet quality, cost and timescales).

Able to "get hands dirty" and learn on areas or skills that might be new.

Happy being independent in working style and able to go away and solve problems.

Excellent knowledge of configuration control processes and product lifecycle management Product development of RF communications electronics.

Desirable:

Experience of mechanical integration of equipment onto customer vehicles (Land, Marine and Airborne).

Experience of customer liaison and support of customer demonstrations/installations.

Mechanical qualification and certification testing to Land, Marine and Airborne standards.