Principal Design Engineer & Assembly Team Lead in Chipping Norton

Owen Mumford are looking to hire an enthusiastic Principal Design Engineer & Design Team Lead! Could this be your next role?

Scope: As the Principal Design Engineer & Design Team Lead you will be working on exciting and challenging projects from conception through to production. You will have the opportunity to experience all aspects of a full medical device design role working alongside Customers, Sales and Marketing, Project Management, Quality, and Manufacturing departments. As the Principal Design Engineer & Design Team leader will be an integral member of the R&D Leadership Team and accountable for leading an Engineering team within Industrialisation, focussed on ensuring that projects are robustly developed in line with the specific goals of the relevant phase from Research to on Market and scaling.

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage multiple projects within the department from concept to production ensuring projects are delivered on time and to budget.
• To provide leadership, set standards, and provide coaching for a team of Design Engineers.
• Demonstrate excellence in Design Engineering skills.
• Responsible for the compilation and accuracy of Design History files when required.
• To plan and co-ordinate the activities of the design group to ensure compliance to procedures and regulations as required by Owen Mumford.
• To develop processes and procedures to support and improve design practices.
• To be responsible for producing effective new product designs.
• To review the output of Design Engineers ensuring work is completed with the required level of rigor and to the timescales required by the project.
• To regularly review performance and development of reports in line with 1:2:1 process.
• To assist in the compilation of quotations to support Business Development, Sales and Marketing and Operational projects.
• To compile reports on R&D costs to complete, for any work stream in R&D.
• Develop intellectual property.
• Approve design reports and quality documentation to Owen Mumford's quality standards.
• To produce all necessary detailed CAD, engineering drawings, reports and plans for the above to the relevant applicable standards.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Experience within Medical Device or similar regulated industry. E.g. ISO 13485, FDA 820.30.
• Highly computer literate eg Excel/Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience in using SolidWorks (or similar) CAD system.
• Ability to produce technical reports.
• Experience of quality management systems.
• Highly experienced in some or all of the following areas: Mechanical design, Plastics, Injection moulding, DFMEA, UFMEA, Prototyping techniques, tooling, concept generation, taking products from concept to production, project planning and management, FEA, Human Factors engineering.

What will we give you?

You will be joining a successful, privately owned industry leader who are constantly innovating and looking to improve lives, empower patients and relieve the pressure on healthcare professionals. We invest heavily in our staff and offer a competitive salary and benefits package along with the opportunity to develop within the business:

• 25 days annual leave (with the opportunity to earn loyalty days with length of service).
• Flexi time covering 37.5 hours per week with core working hours of 9:30am-12 Noon and 2:00pm-4:00pm (3:30pm on Fridays).
• Remote Working (2 Days per week).
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Holiday purchase scheme (up to 10 days purchased per holiday year).
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies.
• Enhanced Sickness Pay.
• Group Life Insurance.
• BUPA Private Medical Care.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.
• Electric Car Scheme.
• Wellbeing initiatives and support.
• Free parking, free tea & coffee, free fruit.

About us:

Owen Mumford is a global leader in medical device design and manufacture. For over 70 years we have been inventing life-enhancing devices that are tested and proven to deliver an industry benchmark in the safety, accuracy and comfort of medication administration. This strong heritage is the springboard for our future as we help to shape the progress of the healthcare industry by bringing pioneering concepts and solutions to life in an accountable and sustainable way. Headquartered in the UK, Owen Mumford is a family-run business with a large global presence across North America, EMEA and APAC.

Owen Mumford is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. Every job offer is subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.