Job Description
ROLE Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
SALARYdependent on experience
TYPE Permanent
LOCATION Hampshire
My client designs and manufactures bespoke machinery. They are looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with strong leadership experience to join their team in the Hampshire area on a permanent basis.
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will ideally have the following attributes:
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar Mechanical Design / New Product Development position
- Some experience leading teams managing people or having direct reports
- Excellent practical skills hand calculations verification validation FEA testing prototyping
- Strong 3D CAD skills ideally SolidWorks or Inventor
- Handson industry experience ideally working in a similar design role within a machine shop / workshop / manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of machinery operations and electrical/electronic products
- Degree / ONC / HNC / HND / BTEC / NVQ qualified or similar in Mechanical Engineering or similar
- Experienced designing products from concept to production
- Able to manage projects and work to deadlines and budgets
- Able to maintain technical documentation and BOM entry
- Innovative accurate and passionate about design
- Be technically minded with a head for problem solving
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills
- Able to work well individually as well as part of a team
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role will involve:
- Being responsible for the Design and Development of various products
- Leading a crossfunctional team of Design and Manufacturing Engineers
- Using SolidWorks software for design on a daytoday basis
- Being responsible for research hand calculations FEA testing and prototyping
- Managing the full product lifecycle from concept to production
- Creating models/prototypes
- Liaising with clients and developing solutions for design specifications
- Collaborating with different departments to ensure the smooth delivery of projects
- Maintaining technical drawings and documentation
- Providing technical guidance and support
- Supporting product Testing Verification & Validation
- Supporting more junior members of the team
If you are interested in this position please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible.
Required Experience:
Senior IC