Contract Type: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
JOB SPECIFICATION
Reviewed By: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Direct Reports: Apprentice Mechanical Engineer
Overall Purpose of Job: Mechanical designer for digital audio mixers and related products
Main Activities & Responsibilities: Reporting to the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer you will be heavily involved in the mechanical design and development of high-end audio mixing desks; the role will cover industrial design through to factory support. This will include:
- Design of all the mechanical aspects for road mapped products
- Creative industrial design and concept development for potential products
- Provide manufacturing drawings or data to subcontractors
- Implement and record design changes
- Ensure all new parts and mechanical BOMs are correct, updated and able to be entered onto the MRP system
- Ensure purchasing is aware of any design changes
- Liaise with the marketing department to help design and maintain logos, designs and artwork continuity
- Creation of artworks for products and packaging
- Creation of loom drawings and wiring diagrams
- Liaise with the factory to implement new products
- Production support, creation and implementation engineering change notes
- Input to overall project plans. In addition, there will be opportunity to manage projects as the project lead
- The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within and the overall business objectives of the organisation
Other Features of the Job: Liaison with metalwork and mechanical suppliers, PCB and electronics designers, subcontractors and purchasing departments and factory. Participation in design, project and planning reviews. System modelling.
Terms & Conditions: 37.5 hours per week, 3 days based in office
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Attributes
Education & Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related subject, or equivalent experience
- MSc in Mechanical Engineering or related subject, or equivalent experience
Experience
- Industrial experience in mechanical design
- Experience designing complex mechanical products using a DFM methodology
- Some experience project managing paper-to-production electro-mechanical projects
- Strong understanding of mechanical design principles
- Experience in CAD-based mechanical design, simulation / verification, synthesis and analysis
- Interested in audio and/or audio mixing systems
- Understanding of thermals
- Project management qualification
Practical & Intellectual Skills (including special knowledge)
- Experienced and fully conversant with mechanical CAD packages
- Good knowledge of vector-based 2D image creation tools
- Working knowledge of engineering change documentation processes
- Fabrication of parts using varying processes including folded metal, extrusions, machined parts, 3D printed parts, injection moulding and casting
- Creating assembly drawings
- Drawing wiring looms
- Bill of materials and parts lists
- Project management skills and the ability to manage a project
- Experienced with Autodesk Inventor, Vault, AutoCAD and Altium Co-Designer
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator
- Experience with vertex-based modelling packages such as 3DS Max and Blender
Company Values
- Customer focused
- Innovative
- Active team member
- Honest
- Dedicated
Circumstances
- Good attendance record (this will not preclude a candidate with a disability)
- Ability to work occasional overtime
Training
- Willingness to undertake further training and development
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