Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 plus benefits

Ricardo’s Performance Products division are seeking a Senior Design Engineer to complete the design of transmissions and associated components including creation of solid models and detailed drawings. Supporting the release of the drawings, through manufacture and assembly, to delivery to the customer.

Key accountabilities

• Detailed mechanical design work including stress calculations, FMEA’s, 2D detailing, 2D layouts and tolerance stacks.
• FEA analysis of components and systems, shaft and bearing analysis and gear data specification.
• Material selection and process specification.
• Responsible for calculations for gear, shaft and bearing systems.
• Casing/casting design.
• Finite element analysis (Creo Simulate)
• Liaison with customers and suppliers.
• Creation of technical reports and documentation as required for engineering projects.
• Support Manufacturing and Assembly during “First Off” builds.
• Support Operations with design queries and concession requests.
• An office-based role, but there is a potential for extensive travel to support customer visits and meetings around the UK, Europe and, potentially, worldwide and the holder of a driving licence.

Preferred skills and experience and knowledge

• Degree (Bachelor or Masters) in Mechanical Engineering or similar field or with equivalent technical experience.
• Experience working in an Automotive or Motorsport environment and way of working to achieve customer requirements.
• Technical knowledge of automotive transmission systems.
• Proven capability of detail design and component solid modelling with Creo or CAD (Catia or NX) systems in similar environment.
• Ability to understand, produce and check 2D technical drawings to a high standard with high GD&T competency.
• Experience with PLM systems (Windchill preferred).
• Experience of modern manufacturing methods.
• A working knowledge of FEA techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel for solving mathematical problems.
• A flexible approach, being able to work successfully in a small team to aggressive timescales.
• A willingness to travel.

Desirable

• Specification of gear geometry.
• Material selection and heat treatment.
• Casting materials and techniques.
• Additive manufacturing techniques.
• Knowledge of EMobility drivetrain systems and industry trends, gear technology and Design.
• Hydraulic circuitry.

Working with Ricardo

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Wellbeing and work life balance

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, careers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance program.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.

Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.