Job Title:  Graduate Mechanical Engineer

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer with excellent design and analysis skills, to help design and deploy our market-leading products. You will engage in a collaborative, rapidly-changing environment to design and support groundbreaking new technologies. New challenges will arise every day that will allow you to utilize your sharp problem-solving skills.  You will work closely with experts in the field of rugged embedded electronics and be engaged in a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide comprehensive mechanical solutions for rugged embedded electronics 
• Design and analyze high performance thermal solutions for rugged environments utilizing various tools and techniques including CFD simulation software 
• Design and analyze for structural performance in vibration and shock environments utilizing various tools and techniques including FEA simulation software 
• Produce and maintain accurate and well-organized 3D model and fabrication drawing packages utilizing SolidWorks tools 
• Interface with customers and vendors to ensure product/component performance to customer specifications and other appropriate standards 
• Support vibration and thermal testing  
• Support prototype and first article builds 

Education and Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering from an accredited university or college 
• Highly motivated with the ability to make decisions and solve problems with little supervision 
• Experience using SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software 
• Solid knowledge of heat transfer and mechanics of materials fundamentals 
• Ability to work effectively in teams 
• Ability to achieve design and schedule targets for parallel projects  
• Strong oral and written communication skills  
• Demonstrated ability to learn new development practices, languages, and tools 
• Thermal and flow analysis experience is a plus 
• Structural analysis experience is a plus 
• Understanding of materials and processes used in rugged electronics packaging is a plus 
• Familiarity with dynamic and thermal testing is a plus  

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Health and Life Assurance.   You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts.

Why Abaco:

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for Abaco Systems will be subject to security and export control restrictions. All roles are therefore subject to candidates being able to meet BPSS level pre-employment screening criteria. In some roles you may also need to have or be able to achieve full SC level security clearance without restrictions. Security and export control requirements mean that factors including your nationality, any other nationalities you have or have previously held, your place of birth and your employment and residency status may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. For more information and guidance about security requirements please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

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