Mechanical Design Engineer

We are now recruiting for a Mechanical Design/Hardware Engineer with extensive experience within the defence and electronics industries, to join our client, a global engineering and construction contractor based at their site in Dorset. This is a full time contract role with an anticipated duration of c6 months. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Design and development of packaging & mounting arrangements for COTS items.
• Design of electro-mechanical assemblies. 
• Producing part & GA drawings.
• Peer reviews.
• Designing for manufacture review.
• Routing cables in 3D CAD.
• Producing cable/harness assemblies and drawings.

Skills & Experience required:

• Qualification in mechanical engineering.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience as a mechanical design engineer.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD packages such as Siemens NX or Solidworks. 
• Sound knowledge of design and engineering principles and best practices.
• Experience of designing sheet metal, machined parts and assemblies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Experience with cable routing and management.
• Attentive to detail and critically minded.            

Desirable Technical Requirements

• A basic understanding of electronics.
• FEA, CFD simulation experience.
• Experience with designing for EMC compliance
• Experience with designing for military usage.

Full Job Description available upon request

Job Details:

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: c6 months (may be extended)

Location: Dorset 

Working hours: 37 hrs per week - 3 days office based, 2 days remote working. 

Rate: c. £50 p/h PAYE - role has been deemed to be inside IR35. 

Security Clearance will be required.