Thermal / Mechanical Design Engineer £Excellent

Based Aylesbury UK

Reporting to the Senior Mechanical Engineer the successful candidate will be responsible for thermal analysis and mechanical design of remote radio head units

Specific responsibilities include:

• Generate thermal analysis model for complete units to predict the temperature of PCB assemblies and individual electronic components inside the unit.
• Overall Mechanical Design of radiohead and internal components
• Production of component drawings and models suitable for component manufacture, production of 3D assembly models and assembly instructions
• Support other project teams with thermal analysis input and provide solutions to reduce electronic component temperatures

Main skills required:

• Experience of thermal modelling of electrical / electronic assemblies and enclosures using thermal modelling software, preferably Ansys Icepak
• Experience of mechanical design of electronic enclosures or electro-mechanical products.
• Understanding manufacturing processes including sheet metal fabrication, machining and die casting or injection moulding.
• Knowledge of 3D CAD software, preferable Autodesk Inventor
• Liaise with ECAD engineers to ensure compatibility of electronic and mechanical interfaces
• Review of First Article Inspection (FAI) reports for component qualification
• BoM creation and management within a PDM system
• Understanding of stress calculations
• Understanding of Design for Manufacture and cost reduction activities
• Understanding of thermal design and calculations
• Customer and factory support

We will be looking for a good communicator with technical report and assembly instruction writing skills

Due to the global nature of our business the successful candidate should be willing to travel at short notice

All candidates should have a technical degree with a minimum of three years industrial experience

For more information on careers at AceAxis and our approach to motivating and enthusing our employees click here

To apply for this job vacancy please send your CV to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject line: Mechanical Design Engineer Application