We are seeing a period of exceptional growth in our mechanical engineering team at the moment in response to a wide range of exciting long-term project requests from clients in all four of our market sectors.
As a result, we are able to offer exciting career opportunities for outstanding graduate mechanical engineers with a proven passion for product development as part of our growing, dynamic technical team.
You will get the chance to work alongside other talented individuals on a diverse range of exciting and challenging projects, from well-known consumer products, novel transport solutions to safety-critical medical devices knowing that with your input you can make a real difference to people’s lives.
We operate in multi-functional project teams and our mechanical engineers need to work closely with designers, electronics, software engineers, and other skill teams to integrate the visual and functional aspects of a product to create class-leading designs.
The vast majority of the products we design go to market and are highly visible; it’s great to see the products you have helped design on TV or on supermarket shelves!
What we expect
* A great creative problem-solver, able to generate innovative solutions to complex engineering problems.
* You to be able to combine academic excellence with a natural engineering intuition and a genuine interest in product development.
* Enjoy assimilating new information and learn new skills very quickly in a dynamic, consultancy environment.
* Good verbal and written communication skills with clients and colleagues.
* To take responsibility for your technical design work, although experienced engineers will be happy to advise you and we have formal checking procedures in place.
* Be enthusiastic, hardworking, and proud of your work. People at DCA are passionate about the creation and delivery of new products.
What you need
* A 1st or Upper 2nd degree in mechanical engineering from a university with a strong engineering reputation, or an equivalent broad-based technical qualification.
* Direct experience in a product design and development environment is not essential, but relevant work experience and university design projects would be beneficial.
* We will expect you to be able to work in our Warwick studios and you must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
* To lead by example in setting standards with a “can do” attitude that inspires colleagues and clients.
What we offer
* The opportunity to work collaboratively, with world-leading skill and sector experts on fascinating design and development projects with global impact, often seeing projects through from the initial exploratory front end to launch.
* Get involved in designing clever mechanisms, creating elegant mathematical models, and get hands-on building and testing prototypes in our many workshops and labs fitted with state-of-the-art equipment.
* Help create novel IP, reduce cost and environmental impact, improving manufacturability and performance to create class-leading products.
* The opportunity to work with some of the world’s most exciting and innovative brands and companies, including Bentley, GSK, Reckitt, Hitachi, Rolls-Royce, and Sanofi to tackle some of the most challenging issues.
* We combine formal training and on-the-job career development through our graduate development programme and reviewing processes.
* The opportunity to grow with regular professional and technical development opportunities.
Benefits
* We offer competitive salaries, with paid overtime.
* 22 days holiday + (extra days for long service up to 32 days).
* A 37-hour working week with half day on Fridays, great for work-life balance.
* A substantial annual discretionary profit-related bonus.
* 2 additional fixed holiday bonuses in July and December, totalling 3% of base pay.
* Pension scheme.
* Our Warwick campus with its town centre location is convenient for shops or grabbing a coffee.
* Activities and Social fund, various subsidised sport activities throughout the week. Staff run Football, Badminton, Squash, running, go-karting, and cycling trips away.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Paid parking permit.
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