Mechanical Design Engineer
Rate Expectation: £40 - £50 per hour Inside IR35
Hybrid in Dundee, a minimum of 3 days in the office.
12 months contract
A key requirement is previous experience leading a mechanical design team preferably working on electro/mechanical systems operating under S/W control.
S/W Controls are single channel controllers for battery operated toys and appliances
Managing of Fault tolerance in media handling system; Building systems that can withstand failures and continue to function properly. This is crucial in scenarios where media processing is time-sensitive or where data integrity is paramount, like in broadcasting, video editing, or cloud storage.
The end use of the product, the media handling devices, are used in self-service products (Auto-Teller Machines for the Banking Industry).
Requirements
A Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons 2:1 or better preferred).
• Strong understanding of Mechanical design principles and technologies.
* Minimum 10 years’ experience developing or supporting complex mechanical products such asHigh speed, document feeding, transportation, sorting & stacking mechanisms.
* Autonomous, fault tolerant media handling systems under the impact of climatic variations.
• Expert CAD Skills (ProE/Creo or Solidworks)
• A good understanding of mechanical drive systems
• Ability to co-ordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Drawing, dimensioning & tolerancing experience
• Stress and Tolerance analysis experience
• Design of Mechanisms experience would be an advantage
• Experience with Rapid prototyping technologies
• Experience performance metrics to identify and implement data driven improvements
• A customer focused attitude and a sense of urgency around all activities
• Sets high work standards for the team to follow and be an excellent communicator