Job Description

Location: Manor Royal Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Crawley

As a Senior Mechanical Engineering in the ISR Hardware Team you will provide diverse skills, knowledge, expertise and experience in the mechanical design of equipment for multiple platform environments from submarines to aircraft.

The role will require the engineer to operate within multi-functional project/product teams over a complete programme life cycle from Bid Phase to In-service Support.

The mechanical design of complex, high performance sub-systems in short timescales requires the use of advanced engineering tools - those in use include leading products such as CREO 3D CAD, Flotherm Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and CREO Simulate Geometric Element Analysis (GEA).

Experience:

Relevant design experience in a similar field with a good understanding of computer techniques, ideally a Pro/Engineer CAD user.

The candidate shall have a proven ability to undertake structural and thermal analysis, ideally using FEA/GEA (PTC Pro-Mechanica/CREO Simulate) and CFD tools (Flotherm).

Working knowledge of MoD/Mil procedures and specifications.

Experience in the direction and encouragement of mechanical designers and working in close cooperation with associated project engineers of various disciplines.

Experience in the design of equipment for military environments eg 19\xe2\x80\x9d racks, cardframes, electronic modules, and surveillance sensors.

Experience in deriving environmental requirements for land, sea and air platforms eg Temperature, shock and vibration etc.

Experience in designing for EMC.

Experience in electronics cooling design.

Good knowledge of materials and finishes for harsh environments.

Experience in supporting/overseeing qualification testing.

Experience in design of composite structures.

Generation of technical reports.

Configuration control within the 3D CAD environment \xe2\x80\x93 IntraLink/PDMLink and external product data management tools, e.g. Palma, Team Centre.

Qualifications Required

Degree in mechanical/aeronautical engineering, alternatively HNC/HND with relevant experience.

What We Can Offer

We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry.

We hire from within as our first priority, so you\xe2\x80\x99ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

In line with Thales\' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact for mid to senior roles, or the for graduate and apprentice roles.

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