Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineer - Defence Sector - 12 months - Hybrid (South Wales)

Job Description

Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineer - Defence Sector - 12 months - Hybrid (South Wales)

One of Orbis' defence clients are looking for a team of 5 Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineers to join a multi-disciplined engineering team involved in the development, manufacture and testing of a number of new products.

You'll be working on some of the coolest and most innovative products within defence with autonomy to input your own ideas to the design.

Responsibilities

• Assisting product development and systems engineering activities for new products
• Coordination of product development and related engineering activities
• Configuration and maintenance of Engineering bills of materials for products
• Product development and evaluation e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
• Manufacture, test and evaluation of munitions products
• Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner - from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data
• Development and use safe systems of work
• Development of quality systems
• Management of stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule
• Contribution to the Life Cycle Management Process where required
• Contribution to the Risk Management process
• Liaise with customers as demanded
• Working as part of an integrated project team, with regular engagement across other functions; including project management, procurement (supply chain) and commercial

Competencies, Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar Engineering discipline)
• Available for immediate start
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven capability in development projects, in particular system integration
• Proven ability to take ownership, prioritise and deliver product Engineering tasks within development projects to ensure completion within agreed timescales and to required standard
• Ability to produce high quality technical reports
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and strong IT skills
• A good understanding of project/risk management and the ability to use associated tools and techniques
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models

Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineer - Defence Sector - 12 months - Hybrid (South Wales)

Rate: £37.50 per hour inside IR35

Location: Glascoed, South Wales (Onsite for the first 2 months, then 2 days a week onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineer - Defence Sector - 12 months - Hybrid (South Wales)