About this role
Your mission <div style="font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead the design and development of complex mechanical systems from requirements definition to validated hardware, ensuring an optimal balance between performance, manufacturability, cost, and reliability. As a technical reference within the team, you will drive engineering decisions, collaborate across disciplines, review designs, and contribute to the successful delivery of high-performance products for challenging aerospace and space applications.</span></div> Your profile <ul><li>Senior mechanical design engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience.</li><li>Strong expertise in advanced 3D CAD modelling, most preferably SolidWorks. Experience with Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo or equivalent CAD platforms is also valued.</li><li>Demonstrated experience translating external and internal requirements into robust mechanical solutions, balancing performance, manufacturability, cost, schedule and integration constraints throughout iterative development cycles.</li><li>Extensive experience designing complex mechanical components and assemblies, with a strong understanding of mechanical interfaces, system integration and configuration control.</li><li>Proven ability to analyse engineering challenges critically, generate alternative design approaches, evaluate trade-offs and drive technical decisions based on engineering evidence.</li><li>Strong experience creating detailed manufacturing documentation, including GD&T, interface definitions, assembly procedures and technical drawing packages.</li><li>Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA), particularly machining, metal fabrication, additive manufacturing and precision assembly.</li><li>Experience collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams, including mechanical, thermal, systems, manufacturing and test engineers, to converge on optimal technical solutions.</li><li>Practical understanding of mechanical and thermal analysis workflows, including model preparation, meshing strategies, simulation setup, interpretation of results and validation of engineering assumptions. Direct hands-on FEA/thermal simulation experience is highly desirable.</li><li>Experience managing CAD structures, revisions, configurations, technical baselines and documentation within a PDM/PLM environment.</li><li>Strong experience working in collaborative design environments, coordinating parallel development activities and maintaining consistency across multiple subsystems and contributors.</li><li>Detail-oriented, proactive and solution-driven, with excellent communication skills and the ability to constructively challenge assumptions when required.</li><li>Motivated to work in a fast-paced and ambitious engineering environment, taking ownership of technical challenges and continuously improving both products and engineering practices.</li></ul><br><h2><span style="font-size:15px;">Nice to Have</span></h2><ul><li>Previous experience in the space industry is strongly preferred.</li><li>Experience working on spacecraft, propulsion systems, scientific instruments, aerospace hardware or other highly demanding engineering products.</li><li>Good understanding of the space engineering environment, including typical material selection constraints, environmental considerations, qualification approaches and industry best practices.</li><li>Experience with thermal and structural simulation tools.</li><li>Knowledge of ECSS standards and experience working within space, aerospace or other highly controlled engineering development processes.</li><li>Experience with Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, Windchill or similar PLM/PDM platforms.</li><li>Professional working proficiency in English.</li></ul>