Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £45,000 DOE
Location: Berkshire
Permanent position

Highly skilled mechanical design engineer, with a very good understanding of electromechanical product development, who can take on the role of CAD Designer for existing and future products.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will be part of a small team of engineers reporting to the Head of Engineering and liaising with the Software, Business Development, Operations and other teams across projects.
  
CAD Designer Role
The CAD Designer responsible for the electromechanical design of products.

The role will require the Mechanical Design Engineer to be involved in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, development and production of innovative solutions. Key areas of accountability will include:
- 3D CAD design
- 2D CAD design
- Production documentation
- Product improvements and corrections
- Manufacturing support
- Configuration management and Change management

Candidate competencies and experience
The Mechanical Design Engineer must employ good engineering development practices and should be proactive in helping improve the company policies and procedures. They will be expected to provide expertise across all projects as necessary. The Mechanical Design Engineer will have the competencies to deliver the following:

• Create and maintain designs in 3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor & Vault)
• Design and develop new & existing products to internal and external customer driven specifications. Providing mechanical product design expertise.
• Verify and validate electro-mechanical designs using basic hand calculations, finite element analysis and experimental testing. This may involve the assembly of mechanical prototypes, and environmental and type approval testing as required on a project basis.
• Work closely with the Quality and Production Planning teams to ensure a smooth and timely deliverable is achieved.
• Work collaboratively with existing and new suppliers.
• To maintain production documentation in compliance with ISO9001. Documentation contained within the department includes electronic and paper-based records in a number of different systems.
• Provide regular status updates of workload, progress and issues to the Head of Engineering.
• To contribute to the development of new working processes, practices, methods and equipment to improve efficiency levels, reduce costs etc.

The candidate will be educated to HND level in Engineering, with a minimum of two years’ experience in similar roles. 
  
Measures of success will include:
- Development projects delivered on time, quality and cost
- Product manufacturing with minimal defects and/or support

This company is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
  
** If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link provided or direct to j.orourke@cubiqrecruitment.com**
  
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