Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Stevenage - 4 days/week onsite minimum (likely flexible week to week) + 1 day remote Duration: 12 months Rate: £50/hour Umbrella IR35: Inside Clearance: SC + BPSS to start (UK Eyes Only) Overview You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer's needs. Within this role you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries. Responsibilities: Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies. Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects. Support to functional & environmental testing and trials. Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise. Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones. Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexitySkillset/experience required: Experience using Creo 3D design toolKnowledge of several of the following: Manufacturing processes Tolerance studies Environmental test Mass property calculations Material selection FMEA Design for Manufacture/Assembly Environmental Gasket Sealing Structural design Defence Standards Review processes Product Lifecycles Industrial validation An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews. An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains