Mechanical Architect

Job Description

Our client has an opportunity for a Missile Mechanical Architect to join them on a contract basis for 6 months with likely extension. This exciting role is to gather and manage the missile mechanical architecture requirements to achieve missile performance, on time and on cost and overall layout vs compliance. This involves providing justification of the design and co-ordinate the verification evidence of missile performance to support certification.\n\nRole: Missile Mechanical Architect\n Location: Stevenage or Bolton, fully onsite.

(must be happy to travel between locations)\n Hours: 37 per week\n Clearance: Full SC required before starting\n Hourly Rate: £60 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35\n\nWhat you'll be doing:\n\nEstablishing the Missile Airframe Task Requirements Specification (TRS) to ensure a structured & coherent mechanical response to the overall Missile TRS\nManagement of the mechanical interface with the launcher\nManagement of Mechanical & Thermal Interfaces across the Missile\nDefining the optimum mechanical architecture for all variants of the missile, ensuring the mechanical architecture and interfaces meet requirements\nImplementation of GMA (Generic Missile Architecture) Policies to ensure Modularity & Reuse objectives are achieved\nDevelopment of the overall proving logic for the validation of the Airframe\nEnsuring mechanical compliance to the Airframe TRS for missile certificate of design\nInterface with and manage customer expectations throughout the development process\nProducing Statements of Work and plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility\nDirect technical supervision of engineers within their team and indirect management of engineers in the extended project team\nControlling assigned budgets, managing personal workload and identifying any further resource needs\n Requirements:\n\nEducated to degree level or an equivalent qualification having obtained significant experience of mechanical engineering\nAbility to technically manage internal & sub-contract activities\nStrong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision\nGood knowledge & experience of missile mechanical design, including:\nStatic & Dynamic Analysis\nDesign for Environment\nThermal Management\nGood understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including:\nAerodynamics\nTestability\nProduction\nExperience developing proving logic and managing the generation of compliance evidence towards Certificates of Design\nExperience across the full Product Life Cycle\nAbility to influence senior managers and other stakeholders\nStrong interpersonal and well-developed communication skills (written & verbal)\nWillingness to travel within UK and Europe\nGeneral competency with common IT systems (Outlook, Excell etc)\n If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply!\n\nLine Up Aviation has carved its own place in the recruitment of Aviation and Aerospace personnel all over the world for more than 30 years. We work with some of the industry's best known companies who demand the highest standard of applicants. \n\n"Follow @LineUpAviation on Twitter for all of our latest vacancies, news and pictures from our busy UK Head Office.

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Job Overview

ID:

2457849

Date Posted:

Posted 4 hours ago

Expiration Date:

07/07/2026

Location:

Stevenage

Salary:

Competitive

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