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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Electus Recruitment Solutions
Posted 6 hours ago, valid for 8 days
Location

Whitstable, Kent CT5 3FS, England

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
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  • Shape the future of interconnect technology in aerospace and defence as a Senior Design Engineer.
  • Join a global leader in interconnect solutions with a salary of circa £50,000 and extensive experience in mechanical engineering required.
  • You will mentor junior engineers and lead design reviews while collaborating on complex engineering challenges.
  • Key responsibilities include creating quotes for NPIS, ensuring configuration control for documentation, and managing the NPI lifecycle.
  • This permanent position is located in Whitstable, Kent and requires the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Shape the future of interconnect technology in aerospace and defence as a Senior Design Engineer.Join a global leader in interconnect solutions, with over 50 years of innovation and advanced engineering at its core, offering exciting opportunities to deliver new products from concept to supply.You will play a key role in the development and optimisation of cutting-edge products for critical applications and delivering commercial interconnect solutions. Key Responsibilities:
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on best practices in mechanical design, material selection, and testing methods.
  • Lead design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex engineering challenges.
  • Create quotes for NPIS and report on progress, including component cost, labour and overhead, plating, and NRE.
  • Responsibility for configuration control for drawings, manufacturing documentation and ERP.
Requirements:
  • Extensive experience in mechanical engineering, with a focus on new product development in a customer-facing role
  • Hands-on CAD experience creating models and drawings to British standards (e.g. BS standards) with consideration given to design for manufacturing, tolerances and machining
  • Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques
  • Experience working across the NPI lifecycle from concept through to delivery
Key Information:
  • Role: Senior Mechanical Design/Development Engineer
  • Salary: Circa £50,000
  • Location: Whitstable, Kent (On-Site)
  • Eligibility: Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)
Benefits:
  • Group personal pension plan
  • Life assurance
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Company sick pay
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Subsidised restaurant facility
  • Free onsite parking
Key Skills:Mechanical engineering, NPI, CAD, DfM, project management, whole lifecycle, customer-facing, mentoring Bring your mechanical design skills to the forefront of innovation—apply now!Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.This is a permanent position.

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