Mechanical Design Engineer

Description:

Experienced Design Engineer with proven Creo CAD skills required for long-term contract opportunity.

You will have prior experience of designing a range of component types and varied materials. This will include the use of surface modelling skills for plastic moulded components designed with DFM considerations, as well as machined and sheet metal component design.

This role is available with Hybrid working; 2 days minimum per week on-site.

Description:

To assist with the further development of a high voltage battery pack for commercial vehicles we're currently looking for a Product Design Engineer with 2 to 4 years of experience in a similar role.

Main responsibilities of the role will be to update and adapt the existing battery pack design to the current needs.

For this role we're looking for candidates with a general design engineer background with experience in plastic injection molding and working with sheet metal.

Contractors in this role will be assisting with drafting and modelling in CREO 10. We would expect candidates to have recent experience with CREO 6 or 7.

CREO 10 experience is not required, training will be provided if necessary.

Required skills:

- CREO 6 or 7 experience

- Plastic injection molding knowledge

- experience in working with sheet metal

- Self-motivation, time management and proactive prioritization

- Strong people skills and the ability to work individually and in a cross functional team

Nice to have but not mandatory:

- CREO 10 experience

- some assembly maintenance experience

- experience in working with Windchill

Job Summary:

This product focused position applies knowledge of engineering principles and design practices to create optimized design concepts and mechanical design specifications considering application, cost, weight, performance, reliability, durability, manufacturing, assembly, and serviceability.

This role effectively communicates the capability of a design concept to meet cross-functional requirements including assessment of alternative and competitive design concepts, and works effectively across cross-functional disciplines to develop corporate and customer requirements including those required to resolve product issues.

Key Responsibilities:

Investigates Value Package Introduction (VPI) program team or field-based issues, understands causal mechanisms, recommends appropriate action, owns problem resolution from a design perspective, while documenting results with guidance from more experienced team members.

Applies and supports the execution of processes such as Critical Design Decisions, System Design and Validation Consideration Checklist, Design Review, and tools such as iDFMEA, DVA, GD&T, CREO, ANSYS Workbench required to enable high quality component and subsystem-level design decision making and design refinement.

Obtains input and negotiates with cross-functional and cross-discipline technical experts and senior level designers to communicate the component and subsystem design intent through a thorough Design Review package to the Product Preceding Technology, (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI), or Value Package Change Request (VPCR) team requiring a such holistic assessment of various design concepts.

Supports design decision making in the areas of concept selection, concept optimization, and design specifications that impact customers targeted to be served by a given Product Preceding Technology, (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI), or Value Package Change Request (VPCR) initiative.

Owns problem resolution for moderately complex components, products, systems, subsystems or services with a greater degree of technical complexity and ambiguity over the entry level engineer level and with greater accountability to the project team.

Provides independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engages with the improvement of systems and processes.

Involves minimal direct management of people, but could involve the coordination and direction of work amongst technicians and/or temporary student employees.

Contributes effectively toward team goals, exhibits influence within a work group and continues to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role.

Qualifications and Competencies

Competencies:

Cross-Functional Design Integration - Translates the value package requirements that include the voices of many stakeholders into virtual designs, and communicates the capability of the design through an approved cross-functional design review.

Mechanical Design of Mechanical Systems - Acquires and applies an in-depth understanding of mechanical systems through working knowledge that guides a designer’s ability to create innovative and sound design concepts to meet Cummins and customer expectations; designs for requirements of all lifecycle stages by considering the customer requirements in different operating environments to ensure a robust system.

Mechanical Design Specification - Creates complete specifications in the form of solid models, configured engineering bill of materials and detailed drawings that cross-functionally communicate the information required to manufacture and inspect a product per its design intent; considers national, international, industry, and Cummins’ standards that accurately and concisely define the part specification.

Mechanical Design Modeling and Analysis - Creates Computer Aided Design models in accordance with Cummins' standards to represent architectural or product level system design concepts, and to enable completion of various system-level computer analyses such as Dimensional Variation Analysis and Finite Element Analysis.

Product Problem Solving - Solves product problems using a process that protects the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; and identifies the systemic root causes and recommended actions to prevent problem reoccurrence