Pay rate up to £36 per hour PAYE and up to £47 per through an Umbrella company.

An experienced Mechanical Architect is required to work on a contract assignment for 6-12 months, with the possibility of a further extension supporting our prestigious Defence client based at their site in Stevenage.

Overview of your role and the department you will be assigned to:

This exciting role is to gather and manage the missile mechanical architecture requirements to achieve missile performance, on time and on cost and overall layout vs compliance. This involves providing justification of the design and co-ordinate the verification evidence of missile performance to support certification.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Capture and manage missile mechanical architecture requirements to achieve missile performance, on time and on cost.

At Missile level, in conjunction with the Mechanical Design Team, determine the overall product structure, mechanical interfaces and architecture.

Typical responsibilities for the Mechanical Architect include:

Facilitate Architectural Trades E.g. Overall layout vs compliance to technical requirements to achieve system performance
Brokering mechanical trades between sub-systems and internal equipment
Ensure missile architecture supports modularity, re-use, design for assembly
Co-ordinate the verification evidence of missile performance to support certification of the design
Manage missile prototype and development hardware on behalf of the CDE
Support product Design and program Phase Gate reviews
Manage technical changes, Non-Conformance and Non-Compliance issues
Control assigned budgets and identify any further resource needs
Interface with, and manage, customer expectations throughout the development process

You will typically be working for the Project CDE and interact with a broad range of other Functions but have a high degree of autonomy and represent the Project / Function in meetings.

You will have the following skills and experience to carry out your duties:

Ideally educated to degree level (or equivalent) with significant experience of mechanical engineering and stakeholder management

Chartered, or with a plan to become chartered
Ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines
Strong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision
Good knowledge and experience of mechanical &electro-mechanical design, including:
- Design for Environment, Cost, Manufacture
- Thermal Management
- Aerodynamics
- Materials
- Vibration, Shock, Fatigue
- Six Sigma & Lean Design
- Critical Parameter Management
- Systems Engineering V-model
- Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
- Test Design eg Design of Experiments
Ability and experience to work, with influence, across all levels of the business
Ability and experience to form and lead collaborative teams
Experience of working with the CADMID Life Cycle
Willingness to travel within UK and Europe when appropriate

The role is based in Stevenage which offers excellent transport links, is in close proximity to London Stansted Airport and is commutable from Hitchen, Letchworth Garden City, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Hertford, Bishop's Stortford, Hoddesdon and Harlow.

Due to the nature of the work our client is involved with, suitable candidates will already be SC cleared or eligible to gain this level of clearance.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.