Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling

Job Description

Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling

• £45,000 - £55,000 + excellent bens.
• Kidderminster, Worcestershire

The design department designs new and modified rocket motors and related systems. The department is also responsible for the analysis of rocket motor designs, including: Ballistic performance prediction and modelling, propellant charge and hardware stress analysis, and the provision of documentation service.

Responsibilities - Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling

The role holder is responsible for managing a team of design analysts and documentation configuration engineers, to manage the tasks, projects and activities of the department.

• Manage a team of analysts, documentation configuration engineers to deliver the functions and key objectives of the team in line with business plan and requirements.
• Plan and prioritise immediate tasks with team for immediate and mid-term requirements.
• Manage inputs into the design manual for capturing knowledge management for the engineering department.
• Develop and implement strategy to improve the analysis capability
• Responsible for ensuring accurate ballistic and stress analysis.
• Responsible for ensuring high quality documentation configuration and seek to improve OTD of our deliverables.
• Report progress of tasks, issues and progress on a weekly basis.
• Monitor on time delivery of tasks, and take corrective action accordingly.
• Manage people strategy including; setting objectives, training and development for the team, recruitment, talent management and succession planning.
• Bids and pre-concept phase support / management.
• Lead on future propulsion concept scoping.
• Technical management – Project support, investigations, customer engagement etc.

Requirements - Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling

Candidates should have a formal qualification (HNC, HND or degree) with Physics, applied mathematics or relevant engineering discipline and should have previous proven relevant experience

• Leadership of technical projects
• Supervision or management of people
• Design of aerospace and defence products
• Environmental trials, e.g. simulated ageing, vibration
• Structural tests, e.g. launch and flight loads
• Product modelling software and techniques
• Customer design and production reviews
• Engineering drawing and configuration management
• Aerospace and defence standards