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Senior Design Engineer - Carbon Fibre Structures

McLaren Automotive Woking senior full-time

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Description

As a Senior Design Engineer - Carbon Fibre Structures, you will report to the Design Engineering Manager and work on all aspects of Carbon Fibre Structures system design on future vehicle programmes.

You will work on a wide range of systems and components, such as Carbon Fibre Structures and Monocoques, using lightweight materials and processes like Carbon Fibre.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Supporting new platform packaging, early concept and styling feasibility studies, and detailed design
  • Representing the department in design reviews and test and development activities
  • Liaising with the design and engineering community, suppliers, manufacturing engineering, and R&D team
  • Designing components to meet cost targets while achieving performance attributes and low weight
  • Coordinating design work to deliver timely design releases
  • Building support for prototypes and production
  • Supporting problem-solving activities
  • Developing and specifying GD&T on CAD models or drawings
  • Contributing to the continuous improvement of CAD modelling and product definition techniques

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • A degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
  • Strong understanding of mechanical design fundamentals
  • Proficiency with CATIA V5
  • Experience with high-performance and lightweight materials
  • Good understanding of bolted and bonded mechanical joints design
  • Familiarity with FE analysis techniques
  • PC literacy and MS Office skills

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Structured career development framework
  • 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Sabbatical policy
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • Wellbeing initiatives

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Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Pre-preg and Autoclave
  • RTM
  • SMC mouldings
  • Aluminium Castings
  • Aluminium Extrusions
  • Aluminium Welding
  • CATIA V5 CPD

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