Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer £50,000 - £60,000 West Sussex To work with our talented engineering team and help us design and construct some amazing systems, we are now in need of a Senior Mechanical Engineer. Key Responsibilities: * Creative design abilities for precision machinery and electro-mechanical systems. * Serve as the technical lead for a small, multidisciplinary project design team, producing high-quality design solutions that adhere to schedule, budget, and quality standards. * Oversee the development of designs in SolidWorks software utilising 3D CAD. * Use conventional analysis and computer simulation to lead and collaborate with the team in doing classical engineering analysis on designs, including stress, fatigue, and vibration. * Carry out laboratory testing to confirm that design outputs match design inputs. * Take charge of organising and creating engineering reports to support failure analysis, new product designs, and any other official paperwork needed to meet client requirements. * Work together with larger engineering groups to include drive, control, and electrical systems into equipment designs. * Offer assistance to the field engineering, test, and production engineering teams. Provide quotes and bids to the sales teams to assist them. * Assist project management and sales teams in providing design activity time estimates and monitoring advancement. * Help and support the sales team in creating quotes, proposals, and other sales collateral. * Assume the initiative and accountability for the prompt delivery of results within specified timeframes. ?Skills & Experience Essential * Expertise in creating intricate structures and mechanisms. * Demonstrated experience designing systems from the ground up, starting from a specification and continuing through lead production. * The capacity to evaluate loads on drive mechanisms and motor systems and provide solutions for them. * Recognise how to apply procedures for casting, fabrication, moulding, and machining. * Possess familiarity with a 3D CAD program, preferably SolidWorks. * A thorough comprehension of the technical task being done and its associated activities. * Capacity to oversee workload and design output while leading a project design team's technical efforts. * Experience of working in the Defence or related sectors particularly in R&D and manufacturing, such as scientific equipment manufacturers, special purpose machine builders or high-end customisation companies. Security Clearance Requirements: * Due to the nature of our business, our staff need to be able to obtain UK Security Clearance as a mandated requirement (Sole British Nationality)