Mechanical Design Engineer

Octagon Group
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New Mechanical Design Engineer job available in St Asaph, North Wales

A global leader in photonic engineering is seeking aMechanical Design Engineerto join their offices in St Asaph, North Wales. The Mechanical Design Engineer will be working on the development of mechanical system design and development of new imaging and sighting systems for the Aerospace & Defence and Life Science industries. As they are expanding their R&D team, they are now looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to assist with the development of exciting new projects.

The successful Mechanical Design Engineer will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and assisting with requirements capture and specification definition of mechanical assemblies, opto-mechanical sub-assemblies and mechanisms for electro-optical systems.

Key skills / experience required for this Mechanical Design Engineer job:

  1. Mechanical design experience within a precision industry.
  2. Comprehensive knowledge of 3D CAD, component design, assembly creation and production of drawings.
  3. Experience of design of precision machines and mechanisms and packaging electronics into systems enclosures.
  4. Create and maintain technical documentation that supports the product development process including product specifications, data packs, manuals and end user instructions.

Applicants must have been living in the UK for the last 5 years and be eligible to obtain BPSS clearance.

If you are looking for a challenging role where you will have a major input to world leading, innovative products, please apply for this exciting Mechanical Design Engineer role in St Asaph, North Wales to start the application process.

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