£50,000 - £60,000

Flexible Working

33 Days Holidays

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

We are excited to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join an innovative research organisation!

We are looking for individuals interested in developing Rotor dynamic and Motor Drive biased products into the Automotive market.

This key role involves contributing to the New Product Development/Introduction process of new technology, reporting to the Mechanical Team Leader, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary engineering team including Electronic and System specialists.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Organise and lead mechanical engineers to fulfil numerous orders and projects.
• Developing designs from concept through to production intent.
• Creating CAD models and fully detailed engineering drawings using GD&T.
• Liaising with members of the wider engineering team, as well as external suppliers.
• Work with Mechanical Team Leader to continue to build and develop mechanical engineering team to fulfil company strategic road map.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to other mechanical engineers.
• Ensure products are developed to achieve compliance with automotive requirements.
• Provide technical liaison and support for customers.
• Contribute to the creation of FMEA’s.
• Participate in problem solving processes, such as 8Ds.
• Create/Review tolerance stack-ups.
• Create/Review and sign off reports, drawings, designs and calculations.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in functionality and manufacture.

Typical Projects will include: Power Electronic Enclosures, Cooling and Heat Exchanger Structures, Designing Jigs & Fixtures and Testing & Prototyping

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Requirements

• A formal qualification in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Strong exposure and experience with 3D CAD
• A number of years post study industry experience
• Strong exposure to Rotor Dynamic Design & Analysis
• Experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Motor design and/or electronic enclosures
• DFM/DFA/DFV Design experience
• DFMEA experience
• Experience of developing electro-mechanical components within the automotive sector or similar.
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) - 3D Experience, Team Center, etc.
• Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, Excel, Projects).