Job Description
Mechanical Design Engineer
Location – West Sussex
Salary – Competitive DoE
Contract – Permanent
Based in Crawley, ZedTalent’s client is part a multi-national group, who design, manufacture, build and test of gas analysers and gas emission monitoring systems. Their equipment is found in a range of industrial settings and applications, including petrochem, FMCG and hazardous engineering environments.
As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will develop key technologies that will complement and enhance their existing product lines. The range of relevant domains include ultrasonic transduction, electromagnetism, materials and mechanical engineering and design for manufacture.
Responsibilities
* Drive the development of parts of their sensor systems, working to a high level of technical competence and applying an appropriate level of design rigour to make justified engineering decisions. This will require a strong understanding of fundamental principles, simulation and experimentation.
* Communicate the justification for design decisions clearly in writing and verbally.
* Specify critical requirements and acceptance criteria for design subcontractors, handle the relationship, on time delivery and knowledge transfer so that they can understand the design and can fault-find.
* Specify and handle the manufacture of components for verification testing and review appropriate verification tests and results.
* Deliver your tracks in the project on time following their new product development processes
* Develop your areas of domain expertise in others in the team. The technologies they use in their system typically have a strong interdependence. Having a broad understanding of the science driving these interdependencies is important.
* Transfer knowledge through written and verbal communication to embed key knowledge.
* Understand and apply relevant design standards, particularly design for equipment in hazardous areas.
Requirements:
* Knowledge of SolidWorks or similar CAD package to produce 3D models, detailed manufacturing drawings and photorealistic renders.
* Able to perform FEA (stress and thermal modelling)
* Familiar with wide range of manufacturing process including die-casting, injection moulding and sheet metal fabrication.
* Experience of product development lifecycle in and industrial environment.
* Familiar with PLM tools (Enovia or similar) (Desirable)
* Familiar with the use of FMWE, DFM and DFA (Desirable)
Ideally, you will have and Beng/Meng in Mechanical Engineering or similar, and a strong background in mechanical engineering and design is required.
This is a superb opportunity for someone to be part of a fast-growing business on the way up and offering a fulfilling and varied career.
To apply to this role please contact our retained recruitment partner Karen Urquhart at ZedTalent.