Mechanical Design Engineer

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

About Us

Teledyne Energetics UK have been designing and developing solutions for the safety, arming, and initiation technology sector since 1984. This includes military energetic devices from components through to complete systems. Some of the flagship product lines include active vehicle safety systems, sea mine fuzes, modular artillery fuzes, flight termination units, electronic Safe & Arm Units, and electronic Ignition Safety Devices. Originally part of the Teledyne e2v family, Teledyne Energetics also delivers a range of services to its global customer base. Design services include modelling and testing of fully packaged circuitry for control and initiation of detonators, which are carried out at our fully licensed site at Lincoln. Everyone who joins Teledyne Energetics UK plays a part in contributing to our success, our continued growth, and being best-in-class in our field.

What you’ll be involved in:

You will be part of the multidisciplinary team working at the forefront of development projects, providing your Mechanical Design knowledge in aiding the business to develop safety critical designs of new products, alongside analysis of various elements within the existing products, such as material change impact, supplier tolerances, requirements change etc

The Mechanical Development Engineer will be expected to keep abreast of the latest manufacturing techniques and liaise with suppliers to ensure their proposed designs can be manufactured cost effectively.

Some aspects for the role will include:

• Work with a multi-functional team to develop innovative, cost-effective solutions for new and existing high reliability safety critical products

• Provide informed design decisions supported by understanding of modern manufacturing techniques and tolerancing as well as product environmental requirements.

• Working with sales and development teams to understand new requirements to enable future customer bid work

• Liaising with external and internal suppliers to ensure they’re application of materials and design requirements are within specification tolerances and design parameters

• Taking part in design reviews, delivering and interpreting design requirements understanding and vision to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Input to the development and management of product data packs. Ensure clear and consistent standard of information.

What we’re looking for in you:

The successful candidate for this role will have general experience in all aspects of Mechanical design including;

• Degree/HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

• Experience of using 3D design software – ideally AutoCAD Inventor

• Experience of designing mechanical products with Design for Manufacture (DfM) at the forefront

• Experience of design to component level

• Exposure to Safety Critical design requirements would be beneficial but not essential

• Exposure or ability to communicate with external customers and suppliers

• An understand of FEA and associated software packages would be of benefit

• Adaptable, with good attention to detail and quality mind-set.

• Computer literate, using MS platforms such as Excel, Word, Outlook.

• Ability to manage own time and workload.

Teledyne UK Company Benefits

As part of the wider Teledyne UK group, we also offer our employees a range of company benefits that include:

• Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 7%.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary.

• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays.

• Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year.

• Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform.

• Employee Assistance Programme. 

• Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental wellbeing.

• Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers.

• Cycle to Work scheme.

• Enhanced family-friendly benefits and policies.

• Company sick pay. 

• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

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