About the Role
The Design Development Engineer contributes to the design and development of coffee machines, ensuring they are reliable, functional, and adhere to quality standards.
This involves conducting research, creating technical drawings, participating in design reviews, and working closely with relevant R&D and cross-functional teams involved in coffee machine development to ensure alignment of features and requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
* Contributes to the mechanical design and development of coffee machines by participating in design reviews;
* Supports the development of prototypes by assisting with model creation to assess usability, functionality, and reliability of the products;
* Maintains equipment to ensure accurate and consistent prototype part creation;
* Performs equipment certification activities, ensuring compliance with quality standards, regulatory, and safety requirements;
* Conducts research and analysis on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to prototype part creation to identify opportunities for improvement or innovation;
* Performs routine repair and maintenance activities, replacing defective/blunt/worn parts, performing software updates, or routine maintenance to prevent future problems;
* Performs an initial diagnosis of machine failures, identifying root causes, defective components, and troubleshooting;
Required Skills and Experience:
* Knowledge and experience using workshop equipment, CNC milling machines, lathe, drill, press brake, laser profile cutter, SLS, FDM, and SLA 3D Printers;
* Communication and teamwork skills to effectively collaborate with team members, suppliers, etc.;
* Attention to detail, measurement precision, and accuracy to produce components inside specification;
* Ability to interpret 3D CAD files (Creo and/or SolidWorks Preferred) and 2D technical drawings;
* Ability to programme CNC machinery both manually and via CAD CAM software (Sprutcam preferred);
* Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications (Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook);
* Adherence to health and safety requirements;
* Continuous improvement mindset;
* Adaptability and flexibility to changing task prioritisation;
* Ability to perform routine maintenance and manage non-routine maintenance by 3rd parties;
* Problem solving – ability to trouble shoot technical issues as they arise.
"Successful candidates will be subject to background checks which may include completing and satisfying a DBS check" All candidates must be UK based due to the interview process.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
•Yearly bonus
Benefits:
•Canteen
•Company car
•Company events
•Company pension
•Cycle to work scheme
•Free parking
•Health & wellbeing programme
•Life insurance
•On-site gym
•On-site parking
•Private medical insurance
•Sick pay
•Work from home
Schedule:
•Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person