Mechanical Architect

Our client has an opportunity for a Missile Mechanical Architect to join them on a contract basis for 6 months with likely extension. 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.

Role: Missile Mechanical Architect

Location: Stevenage or Bolton, fully onsite. (must be happy to travel between locations)

Hours: 37 per week

Clearance: Full SC required before starting

Hourly Rate: £60 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35

What you'll be doing:

Establishing the Missile Airframe Task Requirements Specification (TRS) to ensure a structured & coherent mechanical response to the overall Missile TRS

Management of the mechanical interface with the launcher

Management of Mechanical & Thermal Interfaces across the Missile

Defining the optimum mechanical architecture for all variants of the missile, ensuring the mechanical architecture and interfaces meet requirements

Implementation of GMA (Generic Missile Architecture) Policies to ensure Modularity & Reuse objectives are achieved

Development of the overall proving logic for the validation of the Airframe

Ensuring mechanical compliance to the Airframe TRS for missile certificate of design

Interface with and manage customer expectations throughout the development process

Producing Statements of Work and plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility

Direct technical supervision of engineers within their team and indirect management of engineers in the extended project team

Controlling assigned budgets, managing personal workload and identifying any further resource needs

Requirements:

Educated to degree level or an equivalent qualification having obtained significant experience of mechanical engineering

Ability to technically manage internal & sub-contract activities

Strong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision

Good knowledge & experience of missile mechanical design, including:

Static & Dynamic Analysis

Design for Environment

Thermal Management

Good understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including:

Aerodynamics

Testability

Production

Experience developing proving logic and managing the generation of compliance evidence towards...