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