Senior Mechanical Design Engineer | Cambridge | £45k - £55k
A long-established full life-cycle manufacture is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to Interpret the needs of the customers, providing innovative solutions within challenging timescales and budgets. Reporting to the Team Manager, you will design and develop quality bespoke automation machinery within budget and on time.
- You will be either Degree qualified or HNC/Apprentice trained with attention to detail, a creative thinker, problem solver with a can-do attitude with good interpersonal skills and a finisher. Competent 3D CAD/SolidWorks with 2+ years’ exposure developing custom automation or special purpose machinery.
- A good understanding of materials, motion control, robotics, sensors and drives, structures and dynamics and how these are used in machine design. A high level of IT literacy with good written and confident communications skills.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensure the Engineering Change Request, (ECR) system is maintained and functions according to the Quality System
- Undertake ECR, in a timely manner, ensuring good communication and document control
- Liaise with engineers from other disciplines, e.g. Controls to ensure a complete solution is achieved
- Use 3D and 2D CAD design tools to produce individual drawings and drawing packs, on time, for use in the procurement of parts and assembly of machines
- Produce drawings to BS8888 and other company quality standards
- Undertake mechanical calculations to substantiate and prove design concepts and drawings
- Select likely suppliers and justify their selection against price, delivery and quality criteria
- Produce cost estimates for parts and assemblies
- Produce bills of materials for use in procuring parts and purchase parts as necessary within Company guidelines
- Produce project documentation and maintain a technical project file
- Communicate with both external and internal customers to ensure design solutions are understood
- Implement, as necessary, design solutions through build, integrating and testing
- Work within and understand the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO9001 2000
- Work within all other Company systems and protocols
- Supporting sales bids and client meeting