Design Engineer

My client is looking to recruit a Design Engineer to join their engineering business located in the heart of Wiltshire. You will be joining a small team of engineers, reporting directly into the Senior Design Engineer on allocated projects to ensure the on-time and cost conscious delivery of robust, innovative products in accordance with internal and external customer requirements.

Duties:

• The generation of innovative, robust and capable product and components designs.
• Design verification and validation through analytical and physical test methods
• Creation and delivery of presentations for the communication of concepts, progress, and milestones to internal and external stakeholders.
• To work with the Senior Design Engineer and Principle Engineer to ensure technical solutions meet the expectations of the business and the continued growth of the brand.
• To liaise with Product Management to define and record technical requirements at the project outset, record requirement changes, and measure performance against during the development process.
• To further support Product Management in extrapolation of user feedback and customer trials.
• Preparation and maintenance of development documentation to ISO9001 throughout the design process in accordance with the development process.
• Generate prototypes, test plans, and test procedures; ensuring all findings are properly recorded
• Maintain a high standard of communication with members of other teams, functional managers, customers, approval bodies, independent testing facilities and suppliers to pursue project objectives, contributing to cross-functional meetings in the facilitation of this.
• To prepare drawings, tolerance stack-ups, SPC capability data and ISIR reports, organise reviews, document releases, and suggest resulting mitigative actions.
• To increase personal skills in mechanical and production engineering and techniques, materials engineering, problem analysis techniques, benchmarking, FMEAs, 6sigma and CAD
• To increase personal understanding of appropriate regulatory standards, consumer trends within the market, contemporary technology and applicable technologies.

Skills/Experience Required:

• A minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent degree in Product Design or a closely related subject
  • Experience in new product development
  • A flair for innovation, able to demonstrate enthusiasm, flexibility, and the ability to learn new skills quickly.
  • Hands on practical experience in model making and product testing
  • Experienced in Solidworks CAD Suite.
  • Working knowledge of PC based word processing and spread sheets
  • Ability to work in a structured and controlled manner under pressure
  • Self-starter and self-managed
  • Positive "can do" attitude and an eye for detail