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NPD Engineer
Location: Exeter, UK
Salary: Highly Competitive
Ref: AS1565
Date posted: 21st January 2021
Closing date: 26th February 2021
Cathedral Appointments are currently seeking a NPD Engineer for a specialist wireless network developer, based in South Devon. The client has multiple sites globally including a product development site in the US and a manufacturing site in China. The company has a vast, varied customer base, meaning that the successful candidate will be communicating on an international level with offices around the world.
This is a varied role and the NPD Engineer will be expected to contribute to the design at all phases of the product lifecycle: concept, requirements, system specification, design, implementation, testing, validation, introduction to manufacture and maintenance in manufacture.
Summary/Closing paragraph:
This is an excellent opportunity for a NPD Engineer to join an exciting and dynamic company with the opportunity to have an international impact. If you feel that you meet the requirements set out above, please apply now, or call for an informal discussion.
Keywords: mechanical engineer, mechanical engineering, engineer, design engineer, design engineering, production engineer, south devon engineer, devon engineering, devon engineer, , mechanical design engineer, mechanical design engineering, product development
Closing Date: Please note that we will accept applications up to the closing date, however all suitable candidates will be submitted as soon as received, and the client reserves the right to appoint before the closing date.
If you have the skills and experience stated, please apply NOW!
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- Demonstrable Mechanical Design experience. Successful candidates will be expected to present examples of previous work and discuss the development problems that were faced and how they were overcome. Examples could include, but not limited to, design for hostile environments, thermal management, fatigue/durability.
- Experience of product development from concept though to volume manufacture
- Competent in creating detailed mechanical models with 3D CAD software (PTC/Creo preferred) - Able to work closely with engineers in other disciplines, external contractors, and vendors - Able to work individually on design tasks and present concept designs and solutions - Create and maintain detailed design documentation, specifications, engineering drawings, part approvals. ECOs
- Experienced in the control of design data, use of revision control and PDM.
- Able to work with global supply chain, including some overseas visits
- Understanding of design for part manufacture processes, in particular Injection moulding and pressure die casting
- Hands on assembly, general workshop skills and product testing
- Working as part of a global engineering team and working effectively with project members in different locations and timezones.
- Creative and practical
- DFM, DFA, FMEA experience
- Experience of designing products for outdoor/harsh environments
- Wide ranging experience of manufacturing processes - Engineering drawings (components / sub-assemblies)
- Tolerancing analysis, geometric tolerancing
- Thermal and stress calculations (hand calcs and software analysis)
- Design of jigs and fixtures for assembly and test
Additional Requirements:
- BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc in Engineering Product Design or Mechanical Engineering.
- Manage project technical development from concept to production - Support staffing and material estimates for mechanical development. - Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience developing mid and high volume products and systems - Willingness / ability to travel for customer visits / supplier visits and factory builds, including overseas - Self-motivated personality and ability to work in a team and work independently - Ability to multi-task with multiple live projects
- Work with local and remote test labs to complete reliability and environmental tests.
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