Mechanical Engineers (Warhead Mechanisms)
AWE - the UK's Nuclear Defence Establishment
Closing Date: 1st April 2024
Fantastic opportunities for students coming to the end of a postgraduate degree, ideally with industry experience
(this role is not suitable for undergraduates).
To apply for this role you must be a UK national with residency in the UK for the last 10 years.
You will be required to undergo security clearance to enable you to work on classified programmes.
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Salary: £35,720-£52,000 (dependent on experience) + sector leading pension + range of other benefits
With 7,000 staff and a turnover of £1.4 billion per year, AWE’s exciting work keeps the UK safe and secure through:
- Mitigating the threat from nuclear terrorism and nuclear accidents
- Maintenance of the current Trident nuclear warhead as part of the UK’s ultimate deterrent
- Development of the UK’s replacement warhead
- Creation of unique nuclear manufacturing facilities
Our Warhead Mechanisms team are responsible for the design, manufacture, assembly and testing of robust miniature weapon safety and environmental sensing Mechanisms for the UK's ultimate deterrent. You will be producing and delivering conceptual designs, detail designs, manufacturing specifications, operational documentation, and validation evidence for mechanical engineering solutions. You should have experience of some of:
- Mechanisms
- Materials, such as – Stainless steels, ferrites, ceramics and noble metals
- Joining techniques
- Coatings and dry lubricants
- Tolerance and Fault Tree Analysis
- Predictive Modelling - Finite Element Analysis or Rigid Body Dynamics
- Design of tooling, jigs and fixtures
- Product testing and validation
- Small drive systems e.g. Solenoids, steppers or voice coils
- Small scale electro-magnetic design
- Fluid dynamics and simple hydraulic systems
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