Principal Mechanical Engineer

Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer Location: Portsmouth Naval Base - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience) What you''ll be doing: Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project Your skills and experiences: Be qualified to ..... full job details .....