A Principal Mechanical Design Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment in Stevenage (3 days on site) A Principal Mechanical Design Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage (3 days per week on site)Overview of department:An opportunity to become part of Europe''s No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer''s needs. Within this role you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.Responsibilities:. Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.. Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems andamp; defects.. Support to functional andamp; environmental testing and trials.. Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.. Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones.. Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexitySkillset/experience required: Experience using Creo 3D design toolKnowledge of several of the following:. BOM management. Cable ..... full job details .....