Overview

Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance *minimum 5 years UK residency*

Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad.

"All the pros of a small business with the security of a multinational" *Glassdoor review

"The engineering staff are great, very professional, knowledgeable and friendly. Very good team atmosphere, with people always willing to help" *Glassdoor review

Named as Gold Award winner in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme for 2021

The Project Engineer role would suit someone looking for a diverse and interesting engineering role in a business that takes pride in the products they produce. A proactive approach will enable the holder to expand their capabilities, to be successful, a willingness to learn and great interpersonal communication are essential.

The Project Engineer will be part of a broad team of enthusiastic engineers who provide critical products that protect lives. They will be designing the products, capturing the information, talking to both internal and external customers.

The Project Engineer will use your diverse engineering capabilities to take action and progress projects, making decisions daily across the business functions, assisting with production and procurement from an engineering perspective.

Skills

Due to the breadth of the role, we do not expect you to come with all of the skills, we do expect you to be an active learner, and we will provide you with an environment and opportunity from working with colleagues with considerable expertise that will allow you to grow.

Electrical

• Interaction with suppliers in selecting components and resolving issues
• Design of electrical systems and component selection
• Definition of manufacturing information
• Electrical schematics
• Procurement specification
• Test specifications
• Systems
• Working with and managing requirements
• Systems Integration
• Working with equipment in a lab to demonstrate basic functionality and take the equipment through qualification and verification stages.

Mechanical

• Interface between electrical system and mechanical system
• Basic understanding of mechanical aspects of design
• Thermal design
• Shock design
• Packaging
• Materials and coatings
• ILS & Documentation

Production of documentation including:

• Management plans
• Technical reports
• ILS documentation
• Safety documentation
• Availability, Reliability, Maintainability Documentation
• Support & Obsolescence plans
• Customer specific documentation

Manufacturing

• Support of product through initial phases of manufacturing
• Liaise with suppliers through manufacturing phase to resolve issues.

Other

• Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
• Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous.

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