Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About us

CheMastery is automating how research and manufacture are carried out.

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The chemical industry is a large and ever-growing market however, the work is still carried out mostly manually and chemical processes remained unchanged over the past 160 years. The lack of standardisation and digitisation created many problems for this fundamental industry, including reproducibility and cost/time efficiency which cost millions annually.

A start-up in Canada Water, London, looking to expand its highly interdisciplinary team of exceptionally talented mechanical engineers, software developers, data scientists and chemists.

All positions at CheMastery come with an extraordinary level of freedom to showcase your skill.

Description

The position as a Mechanical Design Engineer is a permanent fulltime position.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer you will have sole responsibility for one part of the project. You will have the freedom to see your project through its entire engineering life cycle from the planning stage, prototyping, testing all the way to final production. The wider team will include mechanical design engineers, software developers and chemists.

Objectives

You will be responsible for the design of a specific part of the system, including practical prototype building and assembly testing. You will coordinate with other engineers, software developers and chemists.

Your job will include commissioning and deployment of your system. You will have the opportunity to observe your solution first-hand in customers’ sites.

Essential

• MEng/MSc or equivalent
• Experienced with industry standard CAD Software (OnShape, Solid Edge, Solidworks) and its respective modelling and analysis capabilities.
• Love practically building and iterating what you design, applicants may demonstrate through interests and projects outside of work.
• Proven track record designing and executing in one of: fluid mechanics & pressurised systems, corrosive environment, chemical instrumentation, thermal design.
• Generation of technical documentation (e.g., design specifications, test specifications/procedures, assembly instructions)
• Product data management (Version Control, BoMs, Family Trees, etc.)
• Design for Manufacture / Test (DFM/DFT).
• Problem solving skills and good interdisciplinary communication.
• Open to the environment of a start-up with all its challenges and rewards.

Desirable

• Proven track record designing and executing in multiple of: fluid mechanics & pressurised systems, corrosive environment, chemical instrumentation, thermal design.
• Experience with stress analysis (shock, vibration, pressure fluctuation).
• Experience with structural analysis / simulations using classical methods and FEM.
• Experience with integrating sensors.
• Designed complex components made from glass.
• Project management/history of sole responsibility.
• Previous start-up experience.

About you

You should be an engineer with an experimental mindset and a passion to apply your work in commercial products. You should be excited to work in a multi-discipline team and open to learn from other disciplines.

You must be entitled to work in the UK. The work is 4 days a week on-site at our premises in Canada Water, London.

What we offer

A friendly, transparent, creative, and fast-paced working environment.

Working closely with the company’s founders and career progression opportunities as the company grows. Competitive salary, company equity and pension options.

CheMastery is an equal opportunities employer. xwzovoh

If you think you have what it takes to join a team set to revolutionise chemistry, we want to hear from you! The best way to reach us is through this application.