CAD Design Engineer

CAD Design Engineer

6 months Contract

£24.56 PAYE

Job Summary

Responsible for maintaining a high degree of CAD (3DX) competence in Mechanical Design Office including Detailed Design within an engineering group or Project team environment.

To provide good engineering design support on bids, studies & project work.

To liaise with internal & external customers in the product groups & business units. Be an integral part of a small Team of Design Engineers supporting a Principal Designer.

Job Profile

• To work within a concurrent engineering Project team reporting to the MDO (Mechanical /design Office) Group Leader.
• To liaise with stress, thermal & mechanical sub-system groups & having a good appreciation of their work. 
• Carry out DMU (Digital Mock Up) detailed design activities given a detailed top-level requirement specification with little or no guidance.
• Responsible for the creation, control, correctness & accuracy of all drawings, models, DMU, bills of materials & engineering change notes as related to the configured items for allocated project(s) to cost & schedule.
• Ensuring all output from the MDO is correct to the project requirements as stated by the core team (generally the Mechanical Architect / Responsible Engineer).

Skills/Experience Required

Essential -

• Catia 3DX 3D Modelling and 2D Drafting
• Strong Engineering & Technical background
• Working within a team environment
• Appreciation of Structural Requirements.
• General DO Practices.
• Experience of VPM/3DCOM and Configuration PDM Tools
• Microsoft Word and Excel.

Desirable -

• Previous work at Astrium or within the Airbus Group
• Antenna Detail Design - GD&T
• Aerospace Design.