Job Description
Senior Design Engineer – Job Summary:
We’re supporting our client, a leading global equipment manufacturer based in Oxford, who are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join their growing team. The successful Senior Design Engineer will have experience of Injection Moulding, Vac forming, sheet metal, metal pressing, welding processes.
Salary: £Competitive
Benefits: TBD at Interview
Job Type: Permanent / Contract
Location: Oxford
Job Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of highly skilled and experienced design engineers to create the next generation of ride on lawn mowers for commercial and domestic use.
- Manage and work with outsourced design and engineering consultancies.
- Develop and provide technical information of high complexity such as 3D models, 2D detailed drawings, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) to communicate design intent to other groups as required. These groups will include Design Engineering, Tooling, Sourcing, Testing, Analysis, Manufacturing Engineering, Technical Publications, and Industrial Design.
- Engineering design & development of innovative products.
- Creation of 2D drawings to relevant standard and 3D modelling in Solidworks.
- Tolerance analysis, FEA and DFMEAs
- DFA & DFM
- Experience of Injection Moulding, Vac forming, sheet metal, metal pressing, welding processes.
- Developing and manufacturing of prototypes.
- Experience with rapid prototyping and outsourced manufacturing.
- Experience in the use of a range of engineering materials and with several manufacturing methods and techniques.
- Helps develop innovation/learning test plans with Engineering team.
- Develop and manage project Design Verification Plans and Reports (DVP&Rs) in conjunction with Test department to industry standards.
- Performs testing, documents and develops new test procedures and internal testing standards.
- Documents and presents technical information and insights during design reviews.
- Develops innovative solutions and technologies to testing problems considering customer needs.
- Develops and supplies technical information to other groups and departments as required. These groups would include Tooling, Sourcing, Testing, Analysis, Manufacturing Engineering, Tech Pubs, Quality, Service and Marketing.
- May present innovation projects to platform managers, marketing managers, executives, etc.
- Performs engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned.
- Investigates problems and requirements of assigned projects and develops plans for solutions in line with established project objectives.
- Collaborates with engineers to provide follow-up and engineering assistance on assigned projects.
- Supports multiple projects concurrently.
- Participates in technical design reviews related to technology and sub-systems that will be used on assigned platform and innovation projects.
- Receives general direction but exercises discretion as to personal work details.
- Results Orientation – focus on delivering to project milestones and timelines.
- Manages outsourced Design & Engineering consultancies.
- This is not necessarily a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, experience or requirements associated with the job.
About You:
- Solidworks CAD
- Demonstrate ability to lead the development of innovative engineering product solutions in similar engineering role.
- Demonstrate ability to complete small to moderately complex engineering assignments.
- Ability to perform engineering calculations and to use and understand engineering software tools.
- Ability to work on technical projects of varied complexity and size.
- Knowledge of design for manufacture and assembly.
- Used to working in multi-disciplinary environment.
- A good mechanically biased engineering degree and 5 – 10 years of experience.
Job Application:
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