Careers

Mechanical Design Engineer

Description

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will apply your skills and expertise to a range of exciting and fast-moving projects in our Energy & Materials team.

We work with clients in all aspects of industrial sustainability and the energy transition, including hydrogen electrolysers, energy storage systems, green ammonia production and carbon capture. We engage across all stages of technology, process, and product development, from early-stage innovation through to complete system implementation.

Our ambition is to grow the business rapidly, to engage with corporate clients and technology start-ups, to leverage our multi-disciplinary science, technology, and engineering skillset, to help those clients respond to the global challenges of net-zero, sustainability, and the energy transition.

In this role you will work on a range of mechanical design challenges, using your engineering knowledge and mechanical design skills and experience to identify and develop solutions to real-world problems across a range of industries and scales – from small devices and instruments through to complex large-scale electromechanical and chemical systems.

With superb facilities, training, and the freedom to innovate, your future at TTP is what you make it. We value flexibility, adaptability and technical excellence and we provide a fantastic environment to develop your career.

Requirements

We welcome applications from experienced Mechanical Designers with a desire to move into a fast-paced innovative environment.

  • Highly proficient in SolidWorks 3D CAD package and preferably relevant modules such as Routing, Weldments, Sheetmetal, Solid modelling, Surface modelling, Render tools and PDM.
  • Mechanical design experience of product and system development in a high-tech industry.
  • Experience in designing skid and container scale industrial equipment is valuable in this role, for example in the oil and gas, chemical or hydrogen industries.
  • A strong degree in Engineering or related discipline, gained either by degree or vocational route.
  • Experience working with pressurised systems and in regulated environments is desirable.
  • Able to construct tolerance analyses and use appropriate analytical techniques to aid your design work.
  • Wide range of design experience which may include special purpose machinery, products, assembly jigs, test equipment or instrumentation and hands-on ability to build, test and troubleshoot. 
  • Able to present early design ideas through sketches, and communicate designs via animations or renderings.
  • Knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing techniques and material finishes, including design for manufacture (DFM).

Benefits

TTP is an employee-owned business operating from green surroundings in Melbourn, just south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and technical collaboration, while providing you with the freedom to do your best work.

Our benefits include:

    • Annual profit-related bonus
    • Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay
    • Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
    • Free lunch and all-day refreshments
    • Life insurance worth 6 x salary
    • 25 days holiday
    • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, with the option to return part-time for a year
    • Electric car leasing scheme
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Season ticket loan
    • A wide range of activities including squash, zumba, cricket, yoga, arts and crafts
    • On-site gym
    • Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships
    • A comprehensive relocation package is also available, if applicable

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Applying to TTP

We’re always recruiting

We never close our applications, because we never stop looking for people to join us. Our internships can be competitive though, so the earlier you apply the better.

We can sponsor working Visas

If you’re a foreign national that meets the Home Office criteria.

There’ll be a couple of stages to your interview

There are two stages to our interview process for graduates, and one stage for interns. For both of those roles, there are usually a number of one-to-one interviews with our consultants. We focus on your technical abilities and consumer awareness and use our interviews to see how you’d fit into TTP.

We hold our interviews at TTP Campus in Melbourn

On the outskirts of Cambridge. The interview process is usually around a couple of hours and it’ll include technical problem-solving style questions.

We’ll cover expenses for your interview

Which includes cost of your return travel to the interview. If you need to stay overnight in Melbourn, let us know in advance and we can organise something.

After the interviews, you’ll hear back from us in a few days

It’ll normally take a few weeks to finish the interviews, but this can sometimes take a little longer depending on how busy we are.

If you fit the criteria, we can cover relocation costs up to £20,000

But before you start, we’ll discuss this together to see if you fit the criteria.

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