Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer           Fareham, Hampshire – onsite £55,000 - £75,000 (negotiable) Due to continued success this small innovative engineering company seeks an experienced mechanical design engineer to join their team. Senior Mechanical Design Engineer candidates will need to have Solid professional experience within mechanical design having taken numerous products from concept to production A natural curiosity for engineering and technology, being adept as problem solving and learning new techniques and engineering skills The ability to work effectively and efficiently in a small company environment The role will involve taking products from concept to production. You will be involved with all aspects of product design and development and will support production, NPI and sales teams. The company is involved with low volume, bespoke systems for defence and security markets. The projects are broad and varied but require the ability to solve complex and challenging engineering problems and design simple, robust and user-friendly solutions for use in the field. Hence reliability and rugged product designs are important. Skills / Knowledge required: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer A degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g. mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, naval architecture) Excellent professional experience within mechanical design (taking products from concept to production) Experience of low-volume, high value, electromechanical systems for static or mobile applications (ideally military, aerospace, marine or similar) Excellent and current 3D solid modelling experience (Solidworks, NX, Catia or similar) Experience of thermal management, EMC shielding, packaging of electrical / electronic systems OR vehicle integration / systems integration would be great Beneficial skills (nice to have): Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Stress analysis and / or structural engineering would be useful (e.g. FEA, hand calculations) Experience of developing products and systems for the defence or security markets (e.g. military vehicles, specialist equipment, maritime / airborne sensors / communication arrays, ruggedised portable or vehicle mounted equipment, etc) Experience of maritime classification standards (e.g. LR, DNV, etc) could be useful Experience of electrical integration or cable routing would be useful This Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role is commutable from Southampton, Winchester, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Bognor Regis, Eastleigh, Havant and Petersfield