PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A HYBRID ROLE - CANDIDATES MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UK FROM TIME TO TIME. 

Purpose of the role:

The Design Engineer will lead in the design and development of high-quality products for the hygiene industries, these products will both be new developments and in market modifications.

The design engineer will seek out novel approaches to complex issues encountered by the design team and support other members of the team in successfully implementing these into products. 

The design engineer will analyse competitor product and technologies to produce summary documentation for analysis by all levels of the business. 

This role ensures that the technology we develop is “clunk click” products that are easy to manufacture, install and use, it is part of this role to assure that other engineers adopt this approach.  This role also will investigate design methodologies that suit a particular product being developed.

The design engineer will support in the development of project documentation and using best practices to design products both on time and to budget.

The Design and Development team consists of engineers from multiple specialisms including electronic design, firmware and software so an understanding of these specialisms is essential.

The Role

Main duties and responsibilities:

•Support project administration for both in market and new product development projects ensuring projects are completed both on time and to budget.

•Produce concepts and assist in estimating project time scales and costs for proposed projects along with generating clear and concise product specifications.

•Organize tasks and assign priorities so that they are completed on time.

•Ensure all designs are suitable for manufacture

•Continual improvements of the design process to ensure that the processes the company use are both up to date and fit for purpose.

•To assist with both internal and external audits from regulatory bodies such as ISO, UL, WRAS, CE. Ensure all regulations are up to date.

•Undertake product testing required by the design and development department, issue reports and verify testing undertaken.

•Support the Quality Assurance team with fault finding on product returns or quality issues.

•Generate technical documentation for new product development or new parts, this includes 2D and 3D drawings.

•Support product where necessary in design undertaking tasks with sales and marketing to ensure a smooth transition from design to manufacture to sales.

•Ensure product manuals and guides are up to date and accurate and amend these guides when required.

Required

•              Solidworks 2D/3D

•              Knowledge of manufacturing processes

•              BoM generation and management

•              Industrial engineering & concept generation

•              Prototyping

•              DFM experience

•              Analysis of testing data and implementing production fixes

Desired

•              Design for injection moulding

•              Machine tools (Lathe and Mill)