Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 42,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Stevenage Hertfordshire
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
Position: Test Equipment Design Engineer
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 DOE
Benefits:
Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Paid overtime
25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase)
Up to 15 additional days flexi leave
Our enhanced parental leave offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking and gym on site at Stevenage.
Excellent career progression and development opportunities
The opportunity:
We're seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to spearhead the design of mechanical fixtures, jigs, and electronic enclosures in collaboration with our Hardware design engineers within the Test Equipment Department.
This role offers a remarkable opportunity to gain exposure to the Company's entire product range, engaging with various sub-systems and centres of excellence throughout the development life cycle.
As part of our established team, you'll develop designs aligned with requirements and adhere to company and external standards (such as ISO 2768 & BS8888). Conducting peer and design reviews will be integral, ensuring considerations for design for manufacture and design for test are paramount.
Your role will entail providing technical guidance to peers within the test equipment team and to equipment project managers. Leveraging your problem-solving skills, you'll collaborate closely with our manufacturing and hardware design engineers to investigate and resolve faults. Accurate maintenance of design records and utilisation of our company document database (Windchill/MatriX) will be essential aspects of your responsibilities.
What we're looking for:
Strong problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
Proficiency in creating and utilising technical documentation, models, and drawings.
Significant experience across the product life cycle, from development to manufacture.
Relevant expertise in 3D CAD/CAE, preferably with ProEngineer/CREO/Windchill (consideration given to other CAD packages such as Solidworks/Solidedge).
Understanding of manufacturing processes, design for EMC, material selection, and tolerance studies.
Capable of efficiently managing multiple small projects concurrently.
Preferable experience in harness design.
Due to the nature of the business, this particular vacancy requires the applicant as a minimum to be a British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship and capable of achieving the clearance levels mentioned above