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Mechanical Architect

Ref no. BHN550458
Location Stevenage, England
Start date ASAP
Job type Contract 6 Months
Job status Closed

Job summary

Our client, a defence and Aerospace contractor is looking for a Mechanical Architect to join them on a contract basis at their site in Stevenage.

Key skills required for this role

Mechanical, Systems Engineer, Aerospace, Defence

Important

Mechanical Systems

Job description

Our client, a defence and Aerospace contractor is looking for a Mechanical Architect to join them on a contract basis at their site in Stevenage.

  • Due to the nature of the project, we are only able to consider sole British nationals and you must be eligible for SC Clearance.
  • Open to hybrid working.
  • £60 p/h Umbrella, inside IR35.
  • 6 month initial contract, likely to extend.

Responsibilities:

Capture and manage product mechanical architecture requirements to achieve performance, on time and on cost.

Typical responsibilities for the Mechanical Architect include:

  • Facilitate Architectural Trades e.g. Overall layout vs compliance to technical requirements to achieve system performance
  • Brokering mechanical trades between sub-systems and internal equipment
  • Ensure architecture supports modularity, re-use, design for assembly
  • Co-ordinate the verification evidence of missile performance to support certification of the design
  • Manage product prototype and development hardware on behalf of the CDE
  • Support product Design and program Phase Gate reviews
  • Manage technical changes, Non-Conformance and Non-Compliance issues
  • Control assigned budgets and identify any further resource needs
  • Interface with, and manage, customer expectations throughout the development process

Skillset/experience required:

Ideally educated to degree level (or equivalent) with significant experience of mechanical engineering and stakeholder management

  • Chartered, or with a plan to become chartered
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines
  • Strong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision
  • Good knowledge and experience of mechanical & electro-mechanical design, including:
    • Design for Environment, Cost, Manufacture
    • Thermal Management
    • Aerodynamics
    • Materials
    • Vibration, Shock, Fatigue
    • Six Sigma & Lean Design
    • Critical Parameter Management
    • Systems Engineering V-model
    • Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
    • Test Design eg Design of Experiments
  • Ability and experience to work, with influence, across all levels of the business
  • Ability and experience to form and lead collaborative teams
  • Experience of working with the CADMID Life Cycle

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