Job summary

Begin your career with Leonardo, working on the most exciting projects within Defence!

Key skills required for this role

Mechanical Engineering, Stress, Structural, FEA, Defence

Important

Position subject to security clearance and proof of 5-year UK residency.

Job description

Leonardo is a global leader in defence electronics and delivers systems for situational awareness, electronic defence and surveillance across land, sea and air. The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is uniquely positioned as one of the world's top designers, developers and manufacturers of radars, lasers and infrared countermeasure systems.

Your role as a Senior Stress Engineer will be to conduct stress analyses and tests, communicate the results and advise on all aspects of stress engineering activities. It will involve working with multi-discipline project teams, interfacing with customers (internal and external) and liaising closely with engineers from many other disciplines.

Mechanical Engineering is a fundamental element of all our products and as such Mechanical Engineering provides the support and environment necessary for learning and career development.

What you will do:

• Analyse and assess mechanical designs for strength, performance and safety against regulatory and customer requirements using finite element techniques and classical hand calculations.
• Provide guidance on structural design improvements where necessary.
• Support the selection of manufacturing technologies and materials based on a sound understanding of mechanical engineering principles e.g. statics, dynamics, strength of materials and failure mechanisms.
• Support all structural aspects of product development from concept design through to test and certification.
• Verify and approve design data and change notices for equipment.

What we are looking for:

• You will have a degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering with post-graduate experience in stress & vibration engineering.
• Professional recognition as a Chartered Engineer or proven associated competencies is desirable.
• It is advantageous for you to have experience in the design, development and test of electronics packaging and/or aerospace equipment.
• A proven knowledge of structural analysis and previous experience in developing equipment for extreme operating environments is essential.
• You will be competent in the use of Finite Element Analysis, preferably Siemens Simcenter & Nastran, along with a proven knowledge of hand calculations.
• Experience of environmental testing methods for design verification is desirable.
• Effective and flexible communication skills are essential in this role as there will be a high level of interaction with both internal and external customers.
• Capable of working unsupervised within a team environment.

What we can offer you:

• Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
  o Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  o Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  o Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  o Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  o We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 8 flexi days