Mechanical Design Engineer

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Mechanical Design Engineer

Leicester

£35,000 - £40,000

I'm searching for a Mechanical Design Engineer who will develop mechanical aspects for new and existing products. You will contribute to all aspects of mechanical development, manufacturing and maintenance with a strong emphasize on continuous improvement and supporting the NPI process.

The role:

*Work in team to develop excellent, robust and easy to use new products.

*Support efforts that ensure new products quickly reach the market.

*Work towards gaining a strong understanding of customer requirements, to ensure that products will be best in class.

*Develop new IP and ensure that it can be protected by following IP documentation and confidentiality processes.

*Maintain up to date understanding of the technology sectors applicable to the company's current and future products.

*Support and drive the NPI processes to ensure a full and complete product is released.

*Ensure that all Mechanical designs and calculations are fully documented and archived.

*Ensure that all designs are fully type approved to ensure that they meet all aspects of functionality and performance defined in the Requirement Specifications.

*Provide technical support to operations and production teams to ensure product designs are understood and can be correctly manufactured and maintained.

*Providing brief weekly reports on task progress with regularly updated estimates of time elapsed and engineering effort required to complete assigned project tasks.

Essential Skills:

*Mechanical Design

*Design & manufacture of plastic parts

*BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering or related

*Minimum of 2 years working in a Product Design environment

*Very good communication skills

*Solidworks experience or similar

Desirable:

*Ability to contribute to maintenance and improvement department QMS systems, related to product design.

*Right first time mentality

*Technical experience in a relevant field

*Second relevant language skills

*FMEA experience