Senior Engineer - Lightweight Systems

Job description

JOIN A TEAM THAT’S CHANGING THE WORLD

Williams Advanced Engineering exists to accelerate the advantage and impact of our clients. We do it through innovative engineering and technology that solves complex problems and brings a step-change in weight, speed and efficiency. Join us to help fulfil our mission to accelerate an efficient, electric and sustainable future.

An opportunity has arisen for aSeniorEngineer - Lightweight Systems, to join ourMechanical Engineering team.Reporting to the Principal Engineer for Lightweight Systems, this is a key role where an experience project engineer/systems engineer will be responsible for the development and delivery of lightweight mechanical structures for high performance applications in a range of sectors including heavy industry, mining, rail, naval, automotive, motorsport, aviation, and defence.

Job role:

• Preparing, review, and maintain system requirements documents, SoW, functional specifications, System Leadership: Leads the system team allocated to the project, defining main guidelines, allocating project tasks, and motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones. Provides performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects
• Preparing, review, and maintain system requirements documents, SoW, functional specifications, Interface control document, system description documents, designs, DFMEAs and DVPs
• Planning and Scheduling: Defines, jointly with the Project Management department, commodity plan documents, schedule, issues and risk management plans
• Apply engineering fundamentals to problems (ability to carry out hand calculations or theoretical analysis of mechanical structures)
• Definition and oversight of development testing and design/product validation and verification activities
• Guide and support internal Research and Development projects and the work provided by other departments within WAE or external suppliers/subcontractors
• Create technical reports and customer documentation
• Mentoring, development and training to improve organizational technical capability

You’ll have:

• Proven experience in Systems Engineering / Project Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or similar roles in heavy industry, mining, rail or hydrogen storage and vehicles
• Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical/Aerospace/Materials Engineering or in a relevant discipline
• Ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously, whilst managing team priorities
• Excellent communication skills, with a demonstrated experience of communicating to a variety of stakeholders.

We’ll provide:

• Training to add to your existing skills and accelerate your career
• A supportive and empowering work environment

Application deadline:

Closing date for applications is 28 th October 2022

Location:

We are based on the Williams technical campus in Grove, Oxfordshire, UK. 20 minutes’ drive South of Oxford, UK.

Disclaimers and DEI:

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At WAE we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skills.

WAE is an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.