About this Mechanical Engineer role:

The role will involve designing, analysing and developing small satellite, providing mechanical engineering leadership on platform projects ensuring delivery of those projects to cost, quality, safety and time parameters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the business by effectively performing structured work assignments and to support problem-solving for non-routine issues
• Deliver work tasks and assignments in accordance to required standards and compliance requirements
• Design of mechanical components such as spacecraft structures and deployable systems
• Design of solar panels, including electrical architecture
• Structural and thermal analysis of subsystems and platforms
• Producing manufacturing drawings for suppliers and manufacturing instructions for in-house assembly
• Interaction with supply chain to source components at appropriate cost, timescale and quality
• Support to manufacturing, integration and test to meet compliance requirements and standards
• Support the Project Manager with the customer and/or contract requirements to resolve any conflicts
• Support business development activities by collaborating with potential clients to elicit technical requirements and assess feasibility for proposals
• Generation of non-conformance reports (NCRs) and Engineering Change Notes (ECNs)
• Support the engineering teams as required

Skills required:

• Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent work experience
• Evident industry experience of applying mechanical engineering to products and applications
• Experience using CAD systems
• Solid understanding of both structural and thermal design including practical experience of analysis principles
• Evidence of resolving technical issues
• Solid understanding of hardware/software product life cycle as appropriate to specialisation.
• The ability to work to meet tight deadlines and progress several different projects in parallel
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Can work independently as well as ability to effectively collaborate within cross cultural teams
• Uses initiative and works towards finding solutions
• Customer focused
• Ability to make technical decisions
• Ability to organise self and prioritise workload in dynamic environment and with tight deadlines
• Ability to handle and progress on multiple projects in parallel
• Competent IT skills including Microsoft software
• Proficient in English, both verbally and written.

Skills desired:

• Experience with SolidWorks
• Experience with spacecraft engineering and/or similar industry such as aerospace and defence
• Understanding PCB design and manufacturing processes
• Practical skills in fabricating and modifying mechanical parts (hand tools, mill, lathe)

ABOUT AAC CLYDE SPACE

AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:

• Space Data as a Service – delivering data from space directly to customers
• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
• Space products and components – a full range of off-the-shelf and tailor-made subsystems, components, and sensors

AAC Clyde Space aims to become a world leader in commercial small satellites and services from space, applying advances in its technology to tackle global challenges and improve our life on Earth.

Some of our clients include Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, NSLComm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.

AAC Clyde Space’s main operations are located in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the USA and South Africa, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.

Right to Work

AAC Clyde Space has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its employees have the legal right to live and work in the EU or the country in which they plan to work. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to AAC Clyde Space verifying that you are eligible to work in that country before you start work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to create a positive recruitment and selection experience across every part of our business. The company is committed to handling applications to a consistently high standard and all candidates with dignity and respect. Those involved in the recruitment and selection process will act with integrity, objectivity and professionalism.   We are committed to equal opportunities for all and to have diversity reflected within our global workforce. We believe its diversity and inclusion will allow for greater creativity and innovation to help AAC Clyde Space Group deliver the vision to help improve life on earth.

Openness to Flexible Working

We recognise work-life balance is important so we are open to discussions around flexible working, depending on the nature of the role and business needs.  If you would like to know more, please ask the Hiring Manager during any recruitment process that you may be involved in.

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