Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer who has a proven ability to apply engineering first principles and knowledge to new & existing products within the IAS portfolio. Working as part of a large Mechanical Design team, the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer collaborates with local teams and multiple stakeholders to produce detailed Mechanical designs and support to a range of Weapon System, Missile and Platform products to satisfy customer requirements. As we enter a period of significant growth, we are seeking experienced engineers that have a proven track record and ability to implement excellent mechanical design process principles to projects to ensure project delivery and robust design output.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leverage engineering fundamentals to make sound decisions on complex technical issues
• Proactively challenge and drive team, self and organisation to deliver improved quality and performance related to engineering design
• Detailed Mechanical Design (supported by a range of CAE applications)
• Maintain product documentation in line with department processes
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across business unit, and beyond, to ensure robust product designs
• Perform engineering change related tasks, ensuring BOM & process integrity
• Produce engineering technical drawings in line with BS 8888 guidelines
• Lead & Participate in Design Reviews
• Undertake & Lead Mechanical Work Packages

LIFE AS A THALES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ROLE

As a Mechanical Engineering Role within Thales, you will:

• Perform a subset of all the hardware engineering activities applicable to Mechanical Engineering
• Analyse the mechanical needs whatever the used means (e.g. advanced studies, simulations, mock-ups, models, prototypes)
• Describe the mechanical functions, requirements and development plan
• Elaborate the data package to be transferred to production
• Work collaboratively with production and procurement to produce cost effective, easy to manufacture mechanical design solutions
• Monitor, plan and organise mechanical activities to measure and report on the technical progress
• Propose and justify technical, technological and methodological choices in accordance with the approved mechanical architecture and design
• Monitor compliance of designs against target costs and lead time