We are looking for two outstanding Mechanical Design Engineers – a junior (permanent) and a senior (one-year contract) to join our hardware team and help bring exciting new technologies to market.
Overview of the roles
These roles promise a diverse and dynamic workload typical of a start-up environment, encompassing everything from the initial development of concepts and hardware prototyping to the design-for-manufacture of comprehensive whole-machine subsystems. A unique aspect of these positions is the opportunity to witness your innovative ideas being brought to life on a grand scale.
Although we’ve detailed a few desirable characteristics and qualifications as a guide below, we encourage you not to let this deter you from applying. Our primary interest lies in your attitude and your method of approaching problem-solving. We are a supportive team and will work hard to provide both exciting challenges and development/training opportunities where they’re needed. We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds, education (apprenticeship and degree), and experience levels.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, build and test prototypes with lead engineers
- Generate manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and other documentation for machines in production quantities
- Work with suppliers and manufacturing team to define SOPs, build documentation and appropriate quality control processes
Desirable characteristics:
- 1-15 yrs experience of machinery design, ideally for medium volume production (50-2000 units)
- Completer-finisher approach to design
- Proficiency in CAD software (will be using Autodesk Inventor)
- Ability to get stuck in with the team but also solve problems independently
- Strong communication skills – ability to review ideas and decisions with the team
- Ability to flex across various types of work – assembling and evaluating prototypes, designing mechanical assemblies, developing assembly SOPs, defining cable routings & drawings.
- Ability to prove out ideas pragmatically and practically in appropriate stages of the design process
- GD&T, tolerance analysis & structural FEA would be beneficial
- HND or degree qualified
- Experience of sheet-metal design
Senior role specifically:
- Ability to liaise with suppliers independently and incorporate design rules for novel processes
- Ability to consider BOM, assembly and tooling costs within the design process
- Scale-up and cost reduction: design of actuators, mechanisms, robotics in medium to high volume (>500) major benefit.
Reference ID: DTMechDesignEngineer
If you would like to apply for this role, please send your C.V. and cover letter to recruitment@dogtoothtech.com