Mechanical Designer / Architect                              Stevenage

6+ Months – Likely to be Extended – SC required before starting.

Full Time – Current working situation dependant on experience and skills. At least 3 days a week possibly in lab up to 3 in first weeks

Minimal travel between sites. – Potential for international travel

£ 60 /Per Hour Pay To Umbrella Company Inside IR35

Overview of department:

We have an opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Architect to join our team here at MBDA. This exciting role is to gather and manage the missile mechanical architecture requirements to achieve missile performance, on time and on cost and overall layout vs compliance. This involves providing justification of the design and co-ordinate the verification evidence of missile performance to support certification.

Responsibilities:

The role is responsible for the delivery of the missile mechanical architecture requirements and typical responsibilities include:

Establishing the Missile Airframe Task Requirements Specification (TRS) to ensure a structured & coherent mechanical response to the overall Missile TRS
Management of the mechanical interface with the launcher
Management of Mechanical & Thermal Interfaces across the Missile
Defining the optimum mechanical architecture for all variants of the missile, ensuring the mechanical architecture and interfaces meet requirements
Implementation of GMA Policies to ensure Modularity & Reuse objectives are achieved
Development of the overall proving logic for the validation of the Airframe
Ensuring mechanical compliance to the Airframe TRS for missile certificate of design
Interface with and manage customer expectations throughout the development process
Producing Statements of Work and plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility
Direct technical supervision of engineers within their team and indirect management of engineers in the extended project team
Controlling assigned budgets, managing personal workload and identifying any further resource needs.
Skillset/experience required:

Who and what we are looking for from you?

Educated to degree level with 10 years’ experience or an equivalent qualification having obtained significant experience of mechanical engineering
Ability to technically manage internal & sub-contract activities
Strong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision
Good knowledge & experience of missile mechanical design, including: o Static & Dynamic Analysis o Design for Environment o Thermal Management
Good understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including: o Aerodynamics o Testability o Production
Experience developing proving logic and managing the generation of compliance evidence towards Certificates of Design
Experience across the full Product Life Cycle
Ability to influence senior managers and other stakeholders
Strong interpersonal and well developed communication skills (written & verbal)
Willingness to travel within UK and Europe.
Please Advice.

Thank You.

Have a Great Day…

Kind Regards,

Karuna Kodiganti

Mobile: 07828 357 420

Desk: (0) 2380 011 168

Karuna@EndeavourRecruitment.com

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