Remote
Work location
Design Engineer – Inflatable & Deployable Structures Ended
About the job
Key Responsibilities
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent... read more
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent... read more
Key Responsibilities
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent transition of concept modules into deployable, production-ready configurations.
• Ensure designs meet relevant defence, safety, and quality standards (ISO 9001 design/manufacture scope) and liaise with certification/quality functions as needed.
________________________________________
Essential Requirements
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Product Design Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable experience designing inflatable, pneumatic, tensile, or lightweight deployable structures (e.g. air-beam shelters, inflatable tents, temporary structures, or similar).
• Strong understanding of structural load paths, materials behaviour under tension/pressure, and fatigue/repeated-cycle design.
• Proficiency with CAD (e.g. SolidWorks or equivalent) and structural analysis/simulation tools.
• Experience taking designs from concept sketch through to working prototype and test.
• Ability to design for rapid, low-skill-burden field deployment and strike, including transport/pack-down constraints.
• Comfortable working to defence/MOD-adjacent documentation and quality standards.
Desirable
• Prior experience in defence, expeditionary shelter, event/temporary structures, marine, or outdoor/adventure equipment sectors.
• Experience with air-beam/inflation system suppliers and electric inflation units.
________________________________________
What Success Looks Like
• The current products progress from concept render to trial-ready prototypes ahead of the Q4 2026 structured trials.
• Structural designs integrate cleanly with the system without compromising performance.
• Deploy/strike times meet or beat the "single coordinated action" and clear-span advantage claims made to the customer.
• Designs are documented to a standard suitable for MOD trial submission and eventual manufacture. read less
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent transition of concept modules into deployable, production-ready configurations.
• Ensure designs meet relevant defence, safety, and quality standards (ISO 9001 design/manufacture scope) and liaise with certification/quality functions as needed.
________________________________________
Essential Requirements
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Product Design Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable experience designing inflatable, pneumatic, tensile, or lightweight deployable structures (e.g. air-beam shelters, inflatable tents, temporary structures, or similar).
• Strong understanding of structural load paths, materials behaviour under tension/pressure, and fatigue/repeated-cycle design.
• Proficiency with CAD (e.g. SolidWorks or equivalent) and structural analysis/simulation tools.
• Experience taking designs from concept sketch through to working prototype and test.
• Ability to design for rapid, low-skill-burden field deployment and strike, including transport/pack-down constraints.
• Comfortable working to defence/MOD-adjacent documentation and quality standards.
Desirable
• Prior experience in defence, expeditionary shelter, event/temporary structures, marine, or outdoor/adventure equipment sectors.
• Experience with air-beam/inflation system suppliers and electric inflation units.
________________________________________
What Success Looks Like
• The current products progress from concept render to trial-ready prototypes ahead of the Q4 2026 structured trials.
• Structural designs integrate cleanly with the system without compromising performance.
• Deploy/strike times meet or beat the "single coordinated action" and clear-span advantage claims made to the customer.
• Designs are documented to a standard suitable for MOD trial submission and eventual manufacture. read less
Key Responsibilities
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading,... read more
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading,... read more
Key Responsibilities
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent transition of concept modules into deployable, production-ready configurations.
• Ensure designs meet relevant defence, safety, and quality standards (ISO 9001 design/manufacture scope) and liaise with certification/quality functions as needed.
________________________________________
Essential Requirements
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Product Design Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable experience designing inflatable, pneumatic, tensile, or lightweight deployable structures (e.g. air-beam shelters, inflatable tents, temporary structures, or similar).
• Strong understanding of structural load paths, materials behaviour under tension/pressure, and fatigue/repeated-cycle design.
• Proficiency with CAD (e.g. SolidWorks or equivalent) and structural analysis/simulation tools.
• Experience taking designs from concept sketch through to working prototype and test.
• Ability to design for rapid, low-skill-burden field deployment and strike, including transport/pack-down constraints.
• Comfortable working to defence/MOD-adjacent documentation and quality standards.
Desirable
• Prior experience in defence, expeditionary shelter, event/temporary structures, marine, or outdoor/adventure equipment sectors.
• Experience with air-beam/inflation system suppliers and electric inflation units.
________________________________________
What Success Looks Like
• The current products progress from concept render to trial-ready prototypes ahead of the Q4 2026 structured trials.
• Structural designs integrate cleanly with the system without compromising performance.
• Deploy/strike times meet or beat the "single coordinated action" and clear-span advantage claims made to the customer.
• Designs are documented to a standard suitable for MOD trial submission and eventual manufacture. read less
• Design and engineer free-standing air-beam (inflatable) structures, from concept through to detailed design and prototype.
Candidate must have experience designing inflatable structures.
• Develop structural solutions for clear-span internal volumes with no internal poles, ensuring structures carry their own shape and load under field conditions (wind, snow/rain loading, ground types, repeated deploy/strike cycles).
• Specify and integrate air-beam components: beam layout, pressure/inflation systems, valves, and self-contained electric inflation units, working with suppliers where needed.
• Design rapid deploy and strike sequences (single coordinated action targets), balancing speed against structural integrity and packed transport volume/weight.
• Engineer fixing and attachment systems (internal shackles, anchor points, carbon spreader poles, guys, pegs) for vehicle drapes and larger structures, ensuring compatibility across the module range.
• Size structures against defined operational envelopes (e.g. vehicle dimensions,) and produce structural calculations, FEA/simulation where appropriate, and test plans.
• Build and test prototypes; support first-prototype and pre-trial evaluation alongside the wider evidence-gathering programme.
• Produce technical documentation, drawings, and specifications suitable for manufacture, MOD/DSTL trial submissions, and through-life maintenance.
• Support the Q4 2026 structured trial programme and subsequent transition of concept modules into deployable, production-ready configurations.
• Ensure designs meet relevant defence, safety, and quality standards (ISO 9001 design/manufacture scope) and liaise with certification/quality functions as needed.
________________________________________
Essential Requirements
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Product Design Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable experience designing inflatable, pneumatic, tensile, or lightweight deployable structures (e.g. air-beam shelters, inflatable tents, temporary structures, or similar).
• Strong understanding of structural load paths, materials behaviour under tension/pressure, and fatigue/repeated-cycle design.
• Proficiency with CAD (e.g. SolidWorks or equivalent) and structural analysis/simulation tools.
• Experience taking designs from concept sketch through to working prototype and test.
• Ability to design for rapid, low-skill-burden field deployment and strike, including transport/pack-down constraints.
• Comfortable working to defence/MOD-adjacent documentation and quality standards.
Desirable
• Prior experience in defence, expeditionary shelter, event/temporary structures, marine, or outdoor/adventure equipment sectors.
• Experience with air-beam/inflation system suppliers and electric inflation units.
________________________________________
What Success Looks Like
• The current products progress from concept render to trial-ready prototypes ahead of the Q4 2026 structured trials.
• Structural designs integrate cleanly with the system without compromising performance.
• Deploy/strike times meet or beat the "single coordinated action" and clear-span advantage claims made to the customer.
• Designs are documented to a standard suitable for MOD trial submission and eventual manufacture. read less
Things to know
Intermediate
Skill Level
$50 - $200/hr
Hourly (USD)
Part-time
Job type
3-6 months
Job duration
Areas of expertise
2D & 3D Engineering Design
2D & 3D Mechanical Design
2D & 3D Modeling
3D CAD Design
3D CAD Modeling
3D Design Services
3D Engineering
Inflatable Structures Design
+5 more
Job categories
Design Engineering Services
3D Design Services
3D Modeling
About the client
Payment ready
United Kingdom (04:26 pm)
Posted
Active
Job activity
36 Applicants
4 interviews in progress
Similar jobs
Freelance CAD Designer Needed – Waterproof Product Enclosure Design (3D Printing / DFM)
Patiala, India - Posted
looking for a skilled CAD / Industrial Product Designer to design a small, waterproof (IP67) plastic housing for a two-wheeler IoT device.
Scope of Work:
Design a compact...
3D Printing Design
Product Engineering Services
3D Design Services
Electronic Enclosures Design
Design for Manufacturability (DFM Services)
View job
Mechanical Design Engineer: 4-color retractable pen mechanism (3D-printed prototype)
Remote - Posted
Hello,
I need a larger version of the BIC 4 Colour pen mechanism, with four bigger tubes and non-uniform dimension changes. Prototype only, not production.
I’d like you...
Product Engineering Services
3D Modeling
Mechanical Design Services
3D Printing Services
Prototype Design Services
View job
CAD developer
Remote - Posted
Need a CAD developer for Step file for my plastic water bottle design
CAD Drawing Services
Mechanical CAD Design
3D Design Services
View job
AutoCAD Draftsman
Remote - Posted
An international real estate developer is seeking an AutoCAD Draftsman to prepare and revise technical drawings, incorporate design changes and maintain accurate drawing recor...
AutoCAD Drafting & Design
CAD Drafting Services
3D Design Services
View job
mechanical assembly project
Remote - Posted
an assembly drawing of a hydraulic floor press with baloons and parts list and machining symbols must be 4 sub assemblies not full assembly and its individual parts drawn on 2...
Mechanical Engineering
3D Design Services
3D Modeling
View job
Need a CAD designer for design a CAD model from sketch
Bhubaneswar, India - Posted
The design is of a prosthetic component to be 3D printed for manufacturing of prototype.
3D Modeling
Concept Design
CAD Drafting Services
View job
How it works
Find hourly jobs
Top rated experts are regularly hired for hourly jobs & ongoing client work.
Fixed-rate jobs
Experts can browse & apply to fixed-rate work & quote on a flat-rate basis.
Design contests
Experts build a reputation and earn prizes by participating in design challenges.
About Cad Crowd
4.9/5.0
(Our client satisfaction)
G2 2022
Spring high performer
218,281
global members
33,605
projects delivered to clients
Trusted by
