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Senior Mechanical Engineer- Weapons| Barrow- in- Furness | Hybrid working- 3 days on site per week

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Senior Mechanical Engineer- Weapons

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Senior Mechanical Engineer- Weapons

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| 6 Months Contract | £58.08ph UMB / £44ph PAYE | Inside IR35

Security level

This role will require the person to obtain full Security Clearance (SC) You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must currently hold or be eligible and willing to obtain SC. In addition, this role involves direct and/or indirect access to Caveat Material which means there are restrictions on nationalities. Therefore, you must hold sole British Nationality to apply for this role. Ifou are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Introduction

A vacancy has arisen for a professional Senior Mechanical Engineer to work at BAE Weapon Systems UK, within the research and technology team.

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services organisation, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures and supports artillery systems, naval guns, small and medium calibre barrels and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea.

Our UK site is based at BAE Systems Barrow-in-Furness site and is supported by a design team which includes Electronics, Software and Mechanical engineering disciplines.

Typically duties and tasks:

• Lead the development of solutions to technical issues as a member of an integrated project team, reporting to Technical Leads and directly to the customer.
• Developing design solutions based on customer or internally derived requirements, validating, and verifying through the design process.
• Review and check design work and technical reports, providing help and direction to less experienced engineers.
• Carrying out technical analysis and investigations, and preparing reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.
• Planning, delivering, and monitoring assigned projects or work packages, ensuring that requirements are delivered to plan.
• Populate design development documentation using a Formal Design Review process (FDR) through the stages of:
• Requirements & Root Cause Analysis
• Developing Candidate Solutions
• Candidate down selection and risk reduction
• Development for manufacture
• Qualification
• Concept generation and development of weapons sub systems.
• Weight optimization of systems / structures via re-design and / or use of advanced materials.
• Develop designs in line with requirements and all quality and technical standards.
• Perform technical investigations, including evaluation of technical options, supporting calculations and preparation of reports with recommendations.
• Integration of sub-systems into an evolving product design, including laboratory tests, shop-floor development testing and off site trials.
• Participate in bid preparation to facilitate the development of successful bids.
• Participate in internal and external meetings or design reviews.
• Definition and control of interfaces via interface control drawings and space envelopes.
• Ensuring that the product will operate safely and reliably in the military operating environment, and can be manufactured cost effectively.
• Preparing drawings, and other technical outputs, consistent with the contractual requirements to meet target dates and budget demands.
• Support quality related to production NCR's (non-conformance reports) and first article inspection.
• Interface with related supporting functions such as Procurement and Quality.
• Design of components for ease of manufacture and aiding in productionisation of products.

Educational Background

The candidate will have ideally been educated to degree level or equivalent in a mechanical engineering discipline with at least 3 years postgraduate experience within an engineering environment, or to HNC level with 5 years relevant experience.

Essential Experience / Skills

• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation / report writing skills
• Good communication skills and ability to operate at all levels within the company and with the customer
• Experienced in CAD (ideally PTC Creo)

Desirable Experience / Skills

• Engineering background in a weapons system or design for military use.
• Structural / Stress analysis (MS Excel, Mathcad, FEA {PTC Simulate / Ansys})
• System control (Matlab /Simulink)
• Hydraulic system design
• Material selection and manufacturing techniques