Are you an experienced Senior Design and Development Engineer seeking a new role looking for:

• A great team environment
• Guidance and support with your career development
• The opportunity to add value and make a difference within a growing aviation business

Then please look no further than our engineering team!

Mirus draws on its experience and reputation in the aerospace and automotive sectors. By combining the best practices from both, we offer what we think is one of the most specialised and attractive value propositions in the industry.

As a Senior Design and Development Engineer, you are responsible for owning and delivering work packages within the new product development function, achieving on time product delivery and compliance to specifications and customer requirements.

This role works closely with other Mirus functional teams and external stakeholders to ensure effective & efficient design and development, including Design for Manufacture & Assembly, cost, weight, reliability and performance.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities will include:

• Act as a senior member of the engineering team, championing best practice, developing less experienced colleagues and providing effective support to your line manager, deputising when required.
• Apply professional expertise & judgement appropriately to deliver engineering programmes, using own initiative and with minimal supervision, independently identifying issues & risks & proactively coming up with solutions to overcome them, while escalating issues and risks to management in a timely manner when necessary.
• Support the engineering management team in identifying and implementing improvements to engineering processes systems and tools to maximise the efficiency, quality of output and agility of the engineering team.
• To take ownership for the design & development of key modules of the seat system achieving comfort, reliability, performance, aesthetic, cost & weight targets.
• To work closely with suppliers to develop the design, taking into consideration supplier capability and piece cost, as well as identifying & exploiting opportunities for technical or commercial advantage.
• Continually drive the design towards DFM (design for manufacture) and DFA (design for assembly).
• Produce high quality 3D & 2D design definition using Solidworks and PDM, along with supporting documentation.

ABOUT YOU

To be a successful candidate for this role you must be able to demonstrate the below attributes and skillsets:

• Mechanical Engineering Degree (or equivalent)
• Proficient user of CAD and PDM systems with experience of best practice modelling and drawing techniques including G,D&T
• Experience of developing product in an aircraft seating environment
• Experience of working on structural mechanical product development programmes in a design, manufacturing and test environment
• Experience in the latest manufacturing techniques such as injection mouldings, vacuum forming, castings, forgings, extrusions and machining from solid

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and be a part of a company that values your skills and contributions, we encourage you to apply for our Senior Engineer position.Come on a journey with usand be part of shaping the future of excellence at Mirus!