Title:  Mechanical Design Engineer

Package:  Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:    SF17665

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Mechanical Design Engineer at our Gosport site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role
As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will provide solutions, take ownership of delivery, manage and coordinate project interfaces, and communicate between stakeholders.

Day-to-day, you’ll support numerous domains, such as Aircraft Modification and Ship design. Each team that you collaborate with will have unique engineering specialities & focuses.
 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading design activities, including creating hardware solutions, driving technical delivery plans, and chairing design reviews (PDR/CDR)
• Balancing requirements to deliver optimal solutions, articulate risks and assumptions, and support change management
• Applying advanced CAD tools and technical expertise to design complex systems and components, ensuring compliance with industry standards
• Collaborating with and supervising multidisciplinary teams, fostering innovation and best practices while driving project success
• Owning and managing interface coordination, ensuring seamless integration across teams and stakeholders

Essential experience of the Mechanical Design Engineer: 

• You must have Mechanical Design Experience
• You must have experience with 3D CAD and producing drawings

Essential qualifications for the Mechanical Design Engineer

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. 

This role is 37 hours per week based at Gosport.

Our facilities at the Haslar Marine Technology Park are state-of-the-art, including our ocean basin and rotating arm, and marine towing tank, offering an unparalleled environment for testing and refining designs. Our marine technology offers our global customers a service to deliver constrained hydrodynamic model tests of surface ships, submarines, offshore structures, and renewable energy devices.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
 

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
 

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)