Mechanical Design Engineer

9-12 Months

Dundee, Scotland

Skills/ Experience Required

• Strong understanding of Mechanical design principles and technologies.
• Clearly understand documentation and the ability to work solely on problems as well as within a team environment
• Must be willing to work to and set high work standards and be a good communicator
• Strong understanding of plastic moulding and sheet metal fabrication design as well as a good understanding of tooling and parts manufacture.
• Lead Mechanical activities with a good understanding of different manufacturing and assembly options, also review/recommend new manufacturing/assembly technologies
• Lead/support; design reviews, assembly process, testing, etc
• Work with Engineers from different disciplines for the benefit of the project as a whole
• Able to work on multiple projects/tasks at the same time
• Experience of working on projects from basic concepts right through to production
• CAD (ProE/Creo preferred)
• Work with Suppliers throughout project lifecycle
• Drawing, dimensioning & tolerancing experience
• Stress and Tolerance analysis experience
• Experience with assemblies containing PCBs/harnesses including design for EMC & Safety
• Experience with Rapid prototyping technologies
• BOM cost tracking
• Status reporting and tracking to schedule
• Documentation – Functional and Unit Test Specifications