Mechanical Analysis Engineer - Contractor

Reports to : Mechanical Design & Analysis Functional Manager

Company : Surrey Satellite Technology

Location : Guildford, England, United Kingdom

IR35 status : This role sits inside IR35*

Key Tasks

• Carrying out quasi-static and dynamic analysis and generating structural margins of safety using finite element methods and hand calculations
• Finite element modelling of mechanical components and structures
• Specifying/identifying appropriate materials and surface treatments for mechanical component design
• Support off-site, normally national, but sometimes international environmental test campaigns
• Correlating and validating analytical models to obtain agreement with experimental data
• Developing environmental envelope specifications from launch documentation, analysis and test data
• Maintaining mass budgets, estimating Centre of Gravity positions and mome...