Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: £54 – £60 per hour

A well-known brand and manufacturer with cutting edge technology products is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to work with passionate multi-skilled team to develop, support and test a range of technically leading electronic consumable products. 

Ideally you will possess a minimum of 2:1 degree/HNC/HNC in mechanical/design/product/engineering disciplines with a minimum of six years exposure or similar calibre in the development of consumer products and high temperature applications would be an advantage. You will have strong 3D CAD system skills with knowledge of SolidWorks would be beneficial with surfacing and solid modeling techniques, specifically PTC Creo and the Windchill PDM systems. An understanding of transferring electrical/electronic products into manufacture and an awareness of the standard EN 60335, is desirable. You will have a methodical approach with excellent attention to detail, exceptional planning and organising skills. This is a face moving organisation with delivery pressures and occasional travel to China, EU and the US where you will build and develop relationships both internally and externally. 

Key role responsibilities include:

Concept generation and prototyping

• Work alongside the Industrial Design, Electronic Engineering and Product Innovation teams in early creation of ‘concept’ designs for evaluation and testing
• Create product assembly concepts and space models
• Appreciation of ergonomics and usability of hand-held products 

Product development

• Demonstrate an understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals
• Strengthen conceptual designs by establishing key design parameters to support creepage & clearance and ESD compliance requirements
• Design for high and low volume manufacturing and associated manufacturing support
• Possess strong abilities for the following areas: concept generation, problem solving, 3D CAD complex surfacing, part development and 2D detail drawings, materials selection, process identification, rapid prototyping and lab tools and techniques.
• Have proven track record of designing parts that are manufactured using processes including; injection moulding, die casting, extrusion, sheet metal and various finishing processes
• Responsible for the 3D database and creation of the 2D drawings on projects
• Undertake analytical tasks i.e. Tolerance analysis, FMEA, DFSS, Mould flow, FEA, as required
• Sound exposure of DFM, DFA, BoM creation, part approval and tooling qualification processes\

You will work individually and alongside other Design Engineers, in some cases you’ll manage a wider team of Design and Project Engineers and assist in the transfer of final design and manufacturing data to suppliers and manufacturing partner with regular liaisons on designs (DFM / DFA) with external suppliers.