An opportunity has arisen with my client for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join them on a 6-month contract. As the Principal Mechanical Design Engineer you will develop products to meet customer''s needs. You will perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.Role: Mechanical Design Engineer Pay: 40 - 50 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35 Location: Stevenage, 4 days per week onsite Contract: 6 months with possible extension Hours: Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week Security Clearance: Security Cleared however can start on BPSS. UK Eyes Only due to project 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 and defects.Support to functional and 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 complexity Skills/ExperinceExperience using Creo 3D design toolAn appreciation of other engineering areas/domainsKnowledge of several of the following: Manufacturing processes Tolerance studies Environmental test Mass property ..... full job details .....