Mechanical Design Engineer - Contract - Solidworks - Opto-mechanics - CFD - PLM Systems - Optics

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities outlined below include essential functions of the role. Depending on business needs, this role may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice:

• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team of quantum scientists and engineers to create products based on quantum technologies, such as atomic clocks
• Component and system level mechanical design based upon targeted product performance and specifications
• Translation of product and subsystem specifications into mechanical components specifications
• Design for thermal management and control and vibration and shock isolation of subsystems
• Utilise in-house and external manufacturing capabilities for prototyping, testing, and validation of systems to inform design decisions
• Create CAD models and perform FEA modelling, CFD modelling, simulation, and tolerance stack up
• Design for manufacturability, test, and sustainment.
• Generate associated technical drawings required for manufacture and design reviews
• Participate and lead technical design reviews
• Development of BOMs, supplier qualification, and materials sourcing
• Contribute towards the full product development cycle and deliverables from requirements, concept generation, detailed design through to prototyping and sourcing of quality components
• Supporting engineering management work where required to deliver relevant documentation

Requirements

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum 2 years of relevant and progressive experience in a similar role
• Proven experience in developing and integrating precision designed components into working devices and products
• Experience supporting FMEAs and following best practice product development processes
• Solid understanding of engineering principles and processes, including GD&T
• Experience using CAD software/SolidWorks for design and applying GD&T
• Experience of environmental testing and ability to interpret test data
• Ability to communicate to ideas clearly and succinctly
• Entrepreneurial drive, intellectual agility and personal eagerness to develop with the needs of the business
• Passion for solving complex problems and challenges in a highly technical and scientific environment
• Ability to work comfortably in a highly collaborative, cross-functional, team-oriented, and matrixed environment

Desired Skills and Knowledge

• Ideally experience working with opto-mechanics, lasers, and optics
• Familiarity with ultra-high precision glass fabrication
• Experience using SolidWorks
• Experience with PLM systems, such as SolidWorks PDM and technical document management
• Experience in accelerated life testing