Principal Engineer - Aerospace Mechanical Engineering
Our globally established and highly recognized client continues to be the market leader for the design, manufacture, and supply of marine raft, life jacket, and marine safety equipment used globally within the defense and marine sectors. As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the design engineering process for a specialized product set. Your experience will be crucial in product innovation, ensuring products meet safety standards and commercial objectives. This role requires a strong understanding of aerospace mechanical engineering and involvement in helping develop junior engineers.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
1. Provide design engineering expertise within contract terms or service level agreements, including planning, coordinating, and supervising major contracts.
2. Identify and implement improvements to existing product designs, develop and deliver product roadmap changes and new product developments.
3. Manage the knowledge management systems.
4. Address emerging design, quality, safety, and operational issues.
5. Oversee a portfolio of change projects, reporting progress to the senior operational team.
Experience, Qualifications, and Skills:
1. Mechanical engineering experience within the aerospace industry.
2. Experience with system-level integration, FEAs, and strong mechanical skills.
3. Background and knowledge in materials science.
4. People management and supervisory experience.
5. BSc/MSc in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
6. Chartered engineer status.
7. Experience in product safety.
This role will support highly specialized and qualified products supplied to a global market. Security clearances may be required as this company operates in the defense sectors; therefore, British nationals/suitable nationalities can only be accepted. This is a site-based role working within a process-driven environment. We are seeking candidates who have a drive and enthusiasm to support the accurate delivery of projects. This position comes with a competitive salary range as well as comprehensive benefits.
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