Lead Design Engineer

Lead Design Engineer

Overview

Dyson offers a unique opportunity for talented individuals to design and develop market leading products for the global market. By working in our world class Research Design and Development department these individuals have the opportunity to work alongside leading technical specialists and highly motivated creative people to create products which fulfill our ambition of being truly different and better than our competitors.

In order to do this our Lead Design Engineers are challenged to develop products that meet or exceed the technical specification cost and time requirements set. Lead Design Engineers are expected to drive for results using a flexible challenging and diligent approach.

About the role

• Deliver product design & assemblies to production on time cost and to specification (functionality reliability safety & performance) helping the business accomplish its goals.

• Lead challenge & develop Dyson engineering standards and involved in technical expertise initiatives.

• To work on high-risk engineering problems de-risking them with good design considerations and documentation.

• Provide clear guidance set goals and effectively delegate tasks. Fosters collaborative and productive work environment. Able to facilitate and influence technical discussion or reviews with Technical Leads Engineering Managers & head of Department.

• Develop detailed specifications and design requirements for interdependent system.

• Identify and design test requirements to replicate anticipated usage and optimise products to be robust and high performing. Develop strategies to gather the required data for target setting.

• Manage the building of functional prototype products suitable for testing review and demonstration.

• Perform and review analysis on test failures and develop efficient solutions.

• Collaborate and communicate with other functional Leads System Owners and Global Operation Team to ensure effective and timely inputs.

About you

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or Science discipline or equivalent

• 5 years of experience in design (plastic rubber or metal) and product development with good track record working on complex and challenging technical problems with DFM DFA DFC considerations.

• Ability to analyze processes and information identify problems and trends and develop efficient process and strategies.

• Able to lead a project team or work as an excellent individual contributor delivering product to production meeting time cost and specification.

• Self-driven and independent with the ability to strategize plan & prioritize tasks according to business need.

• Practical knowledge of 3D CAD and 2D drawings including GD&T and tolerance stack.

• Strong practical and methodical approach to design using an iterative development cycle of prototyping testing and analysing of data/result.

• Creative and considered approach to problem solving following clear design processes.

• Skills to communicate your ideas to others within your team and across a business.

• Passion in engineering with desire to constantly improve. Demonstrate how you had made a difference.

• Knowledgeable and understanding of a broad range of engineering and technological disciplines such as flow thermals acoustic and electronics will be an advantage.

• Good understanding of a broad range of manufacturing techniques and standard industrial measurement methods.