We are looking for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our growing client in Essex. This would suit a candidate who has at least 5 years'' experience in a similar Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineering role working on structural and stress analysis. Please note my client cannot offer sponsorship Key Responsibilities:The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be leading the development and testing of the integrity of company products through various analysis methodology including structural analysis, reliability and system safety analysis.Create technical documentation on findings after undertaking classical analysis methods and FEA on productsBe the technical lead on customer focussed projects for stress and reliability issues with products Key Attributes:Proficient in FEA, stress calculations and structural analysis - any ABAQUS, Ansys, DYNA, Pamcrash, Nastran etc. would be idealExperience using MathCAD is beneficial but not essentialAt least 5 years'' experience in a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineering role