Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Martin Audio in High Wycombe

Martin Audio is one of the brands within the Focusrite family. Focusrite plc is a listed audio products Group that develops software/hardware products for the music generation market. The Company enjoys an international reputation for supplying award-winning, world-class professional loudspeaker systems. It is renowned for integrity in design, technical excellence and longevity of product. Our mission is to create an exceptional sonic experience.

A degree-qualified Mechanical Design Engineer is required to join a world-class team and develop advanced professional audio products. Being a team player is critically important to this role as you will be working within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers. As a senior engineer, you will demonstrate a high level of competence and will have the ability to own the mechanical design of products and drive development to completion.

Duties:

• Reporting to the Mechanical Design Manager, you will be responsible for the mechanical design of loudspeaker systems. This includes products with safety-critical lifting hardware intended for deployment over an audience area.
• You will have a good understanding of engineering principles and have experience of structural load analysis.
• You will be comfortable with hand calculation and FEA tools to validate and optimise design work.
• You will understand geometric tolerancing and tolerance stack analysis and how to apply these methods to ensure products fit together as required.
• This relates to the connection and suspension of loudspeaker systems.
• Our products utilise a range of materials and processes; it is likely you will be asked to design for: welded fabrication, woodworking (usually CNC), sheet metal design, extrusions, pressed metal parts, diecast and injection moulding.
• To develop the team, you may be expected to provide mentoring to other team members and assist with drawing checking and validation.
• You may be required to attend concerts or installations to gain experience of the use cases of our products.
• At times you will be required to visit suppliers or contract manufacturers.

Skills and Experience Required:

• You will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering, or associated discipline, along with previous experience in a mechanical design or product development position.
• An ability to problem solve and present solutions based on sound engineering principles.
• Proficiency in a professional 3D CAD package such as Solidworks, Creo Parametric, Fusion 360 or similar, with PTC Creo Parametric (formerly Pro/Engineer Wildfire) being preferred.
• The ability to produce Engineering drawings for parts and assemblies, for manufacture and quality control, these will be fully detailed with the required inspection dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Experience of using a PLM system with regards to document control and change management.
• Experience of geometric tolerancing and tolerance stack analysis and how to apply these methods to ensure products fit together as required.
• The ability to use hand calculation and FEA tools to analyse structural components to confirm compliance and optimise designs.

Working Hours: 8:45-17:30 Monday to Thursday, 8:45-16:00 Friday.

Benefits: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Pension, Bike2work scheme, 25 days holiday, Health Cash Plan and Private Healthcare Medical Insurance.