Uas Mechanical Design Engineer

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an UAS- Mechanical Design Engineer at our site in MOD Boscombe Down, Salisbury where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry's most brilliant minds as part of the Aviation Engineering Centre.

The role

As a UAS - Mechanical Design Engineer you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. QinetiQ is growing its Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) capability which boasts a number of UAS platforms as an Original Equipment Manufacturer. Our platforms service over 30 countries worldwide. The Principle Mechanical Design Engineer role is focused on design, manufacture and in service support of existing platform modifications through to prototyping new platforms. The pace and rate of growth and in UAS systems has created a great opportunity for a dynamic outgoing Mechanical Design Engineer to join our successful team.

Day-to-day, this role will involve solving Customer problems working alongside a wider team of QinetiQ engineers. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is expected to be flexible supporting demand and capable of supporting mechanical manufacturing in peak production demands.
These include; * Platform and Modification Mechanical Design
* Fuel Management System Design
* Mechanical Build and Manufacture
* Mechanical Production
* Mechanical Test
* Managing Suppliers
* Production of supporting Design Documentation
* Use of composite materials

The successful Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for delivery of quality designs within the Aviation Engineering Centre (AEC) team at Boscombe Down. The role will require periodic travel to QinetiQ Farnborough and QinetiQ Ashford Sites working with a wider UAS team to deliver projects.

Essential experience of the UAS- Mechanical Design Engineer

We would expect the individual to display extensive and substantial practical knowledge and experience of the competency area and provides guidance to others including practitioners encountering unusual situations in the following competency areas - Including but not limited to:
* Aerodynamics - Desirable * Composite Materials
* Coatings
* Corrosion
* Fuel Systems and Management
* Materials Selection
* Concept Design & Development
* Requirements capture & analysis
* Regulations
* Hazard Identification, Safety Cases & Safety Management systems
* Applying Analytical, Simulation and Modelling Techniques where required

Experience and Qualifications for the UAS- Mechanical Design Engineer

* HNC/HND/Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or Product Design (or equivalent experience)
* Experience Designing Technical Hardware solutions - Ideally from a regulated industry requiring complex problem solving, Precision tolerances or specific domain knowledge * Significant experience creating technical Drawings from 3D Models, working with suppliers, manufacturers, customers, and subject matter experts.
* Significant experience creating concepts & generating solution ideas and exposing those ideas to critique
* Deep understanding of budgets, group behaviour, Patterns of behaviour & using this to deliver to time quality & cost
* Knowledge & understanding of engineering fundamentals - Formal training or experience in Engineering subjects such as materials, stress awareness, mechanism designs, Design principles, electrical awareness etc.

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.