MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Architect to join our client to work on missile programmes from their site in Stevenage. The role is for an initial 6 month project but is very, very likely to extend.

MECHANICAL ARCHITECT - INSIDE IR35 - £60 PER HOUR - UMBRELLA - STEVENAGE (COULD CONSIDER BOLTON) - 6 MONTHS - SC CLEARED (OR WILLING TO UNDERGO) - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - 3 / 4 DAYS ONSITE PER WEEK NEEDED

The role is responsible for the delivery of the missile mechanical architecture requirements and typical responsibilities include:

• 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

Skillset/experience required:

Who and what we are looking for from you?

• 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: o Static & Dynamic Analysis o Design for Environment o Thermal Management
• Good understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including: o Aerodynamics o Testability o Production
• Experience developing proving logic and managing the generation of compliance evidence towards Certificates of Design
• Experience across the full Product Life Cycle
• Ability to influence senior managers and other stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and well developed communication skills (written & verbal)
• Willingness to travel within UK and Europe
• General competency with common IT systems (Outlook, Excell etc)