Mechanical Design Engineer in Exeter

Working within the existing design team, you will be responsible for the design, engineering and specification of all new products alongside the maintenance of the existing product range, and any modifications as may become necessary. Reporting to the Technical Engineering Manager and alongside the Design team, you will be expected to generate production ready designs and help ensure the smooth running of the department, ensuring new products are concluded with the agreed timescales and to the standards expected.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work closely with the Technical Engineering Manager, design and development department taking products from conception to detailed engineering drawings for manufacture.
• Determine manufacturing methods for engineering designs accounting for both in-house and external manufacture capabilities.
• Carry out DFMEA at the outset of each project, monitoring the completion of actions identified and working with the Development team to identify product design failure modes.
• Ensure that tolerance analysis is carried out during the design process, allowing for ease of manufacture, product function and eliminating tolerance build up issues during product manufacture and assembly.
• Work with all departments involved in the NPD program, in particular, Development, Production Engineering & Purchasing, ensuring design for manufacture is implemented prior to product handover.
• Work with the Production Engineering department to optimize designs to reduce costs, increase efficiency and maintain product quality.
• Ensure Bill of Materials spreadsheets are generated during the design process enabling Production Engineering to generate product manufacturing costs.
• Ensure new product progress feedback sheets are filled out and kept up to date.

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER SPECIFICATION

• Either degree educated or a proven engineering background with a strong bias to mechanical engineering.
• Demonstrated ability in product development from initial prototype to mass production.
• Sheet metal manufacture experience and knowledge of sheet metal processes.
• Experience of generating DFMEA reports and implementing the actions identified.
• Experience of tolerance build up analysis and resolving areas of concern.
• Proven experience of working with Solid Edge (although consideration will be given to individuals who have worked with Solid Works).
• Ability to generate 2D production drawings according to GD&T best practice.
• Demonstrated ability in design for manufacture considerations.
• Folding simulation software experience whilst not essential, would be an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate continuous learning.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office packages.
• Possess proven team working skills.
• Be able to work to set standards and procedures in an ISO9001:2015 registered company.
• Structured, organised individual with the ability to prioritise and work on their own initiative.

BEHAVIOURS AND ATTRIBUTES

This role is part of a department that is customer focused, and results driven. You must be willing to learn, become multi-skilled across a range of disciplines and be willing to lead by example. As such you should set the gold standard for attitudes, behaviour and performance as well as promote and adhere to the company values.