Arcticrd
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Salary not disclosed5+ yearsOnsite
- Engineering
- Cirencester
- Full time
- Yesterday
Newly posted
About the role
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will own the design, build, and deployment of cold-hardened hardware, including energy systems and autonomous platforms. This role involves working from first principles to engineer solutions for extreme environments where reliability is critical. The engineer will manage end-to-end design processes and participate in field testing from the workshop to the Arctic.
Responsibilities
- Design, test, and deliver Arctic-ready hardware from cradle to deployment for ARD’s product-line
- Drive materials choices, joinery, sealing, and reliability under thermal/mechanical stress
- Run cold-chamber and durability testing, along with Test Engineer, to ensure performance in sub-zero climates
- Integrate closely with electrical, software, and deployment teams
- Set QA standards to ensure our systems stay bulletproof in the harshest conditions
- Travel to the Arctic for R&D field testing and meetings with industry reps
Required skills
- 3D CAD
- SolidWorks
- PDM
- DfMA
- Prototyping
- Hardware development
Nice to have
- Thermal cycling
- Vibration testing
- Shock testing
- Electrical systems
- RF systems
Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Degree in Aerospace Engineering
Benefits
- Private Healthcare
- Dental insurance
- Optical insurance
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
About the Company
Arctic Research and Development (ARD) builds autonomous systems that operate reliably in the Arctic to support energy, defence, logistics, research, and infrastructure. Founded by polar pioneers, the company focuses on solving hard problems in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.