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Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
2013-01-08 17:38:53| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Astrium brings space to you. Number 1 in Europe and number 3 worldwide, Astrium employs over 17,000 men and women mainly based in five European countries France, Germany, the UK, Spain and the Netherlands. Our technical excellence and extensive prime contractorship experience extend across all sectors of the space business launch vehicles, manned space activities, satellite systems and related services. A vacancy has arisen for a Principal Engineer with Astrium in Stevenage. As a Principle Engineer in the Mechanical Design Office, you will carry out Lead Designer activities for Propulsion Systems and Electrical Harness Routing design tasks. You will aslso oversee day to day activities for a small team of Design Engineers ensuring all customer requirements are supported. The key responsibilities of the role are as follows Responsible for the control, correctness, accuracy and relevance of all drawings, models, Digital Mock Up DMU, bills of materials and Engineering Change Notes as related to the configured items for allocated projects to cost and schedule Ensuring all outputs from the Mechanical Design Office MDO are correct to the project requirements as stated by the core team generally the Responsible Engineer Authorised design signatory for manufacturing drawings, BoMs and ECOs related to the allocated project Specific responsibility for the estimation and planning of Design Office related activities and manpower requirements to meet those tasks. Allocation of manpower is sought through the line management Supervision and mentoring of other Design Office engineers working on the project Provide support to other general DO activities, e.g. Process improvements, bids etc. Work with CAD experts to develop and maintain tubing processes and best practices as the company moves towards Catia V6 Work with the CAD expert to ensure process and best practice are in place for electrical harness design The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience Excellent working knowledge and experience of CATIA V5 Strong Engineering and Technical background HND or equivalent in an Engineering discipline Desirable Management of a small team Managing work packages, dealing with budgets and headcount requirements Experience of VPM 3Dcom Background in Aerospace other industries considered Experience of tubing with Catia V5 Experience of EHi and CATelectre within Catia V5 TO APPLY click here
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