We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Christchurch, Dorset team!

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for all mechanical design aspects of new product introduction from initial concept through to release to production and beyond. This includes interpreting customer requirements, defining specifications and developing robust mechanical design solutions to meet these requirements on time and to budget.

Location: Christchurch UK

Benefits:

Paid Time Off | Retirement with Employer Match | Health and Wellness Benefits | Learning and Development Opportunities | Competitive Pay | Bonus Scheme | Recognition | Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Your Challenge:

• Takes ownership and responsibility for delivering all mechanical aspects of the project to agreed timescales.

• The production and interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications in accordance with the appropriate national and international standards.

• Interfacing with customers, internal and external. As the product expert, you will be expected to provide technical support and guidance where required.

• Demonstrate suitability of proposed design solutions through the use of appropriate engineering tools and practices e.g. Tolerance analysis, stress analysis, DFMEA, mouldflow, reliability analysis, design for manufacture etc.

• Define product testing as appropriate to known regulatory standards. This will include mechanical (endurance, shock, vibration etc.) and environmental (temperature, humidity, chemical etc.).

• Creation and maintenance of supporting documentation.

• Managing issue levels and change control.

Your Expertise:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent would be ideal. Candidates with suitable experience of electro-mechanical design are invited to apply for the position.

• Highly experienced, minimum of 5 years' experience, working within an electro-mechanical design environment.

• Experience of a 3D modeling software package.

• A demonstrable understanding of engineering materials their properties and selection criteria.

Desirable:

• Experience with Advanced Solid Modelling using SolidWorks.

• Finite Element Analysis - Stress, modal, non-linear and/or magnetics.

• Understanding of designing enclosures to dissipate heat.

• Experienced in the use of die casting and plastic moldings in product design.

• Familiarity with the requirements of the medical mobility market or other safety critical design arena.

• A sound understanding of DFM/DFA techniques

Who We Are

Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division, which includes the product brands of Arens Controls, Penny & Giles, PG Drives Technology and Williams Controls, is an excellent supplier in providing components and sub-systems which enable customer specific solutions for on- and off-highway vehicles.

As part of the Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division, our Medical Mobility business unit designs and manufactures highly reliable and stable control systems for all types of medical mobility, electrically powered scooters, and wheelchairs to meet the challenges of the modern, medical mobility market.

Established as one of the world's foremost suppliers of mobility vehicle solutions, the determination to provide the very best in innovative control solutions since 1976, customers are assured of excellent support during design and manufacture of their own products.

We also supply operator controls and advanced motor controllers for hybrid and electric vehicles, such as buses, forklift trucks, pallet stackers, wheelchairs, and rehabilitation chairs.

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

No unsolicited agency submittals please.  Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal.  Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.  

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.