Job Description
We are looking for a Design Engineer from a background in Design Engineering within manufacturing who has an understanding of electronic design, firmware and software. You’ll join a great company that is well established and who operate internationally.
As the Design Engineer you will work with both new products and in-market modifications.
Duties of this Design Engineer role include:
* Seeking out approaches to complex issues encountered by the design team and supporting implementing these into products
* Producing concepts and estimating project time scales and costs
* Product testing, issuing reports and verifying testing undertaken
* Working towards product recognition in industry design awards through collaborating with the marketing department
* Analysing competitor products / technologies and creating reports for management
* Generating technical documentation for new product development including 2D and 3D drawings
* Ensuring products are easy to manufacture, install and use. This role will investigate design methodologies to suit particular products
* Supporting in the development of project documentation and using best practices to design products on time and within budget
* Providing technical support internally and externally
* Assisting with internal and external audits from regulatory bodies such as ISO, UL, WRAS, CE
* Attending exhibitions and providing training where required, which may involve foreign and domestic travel
Skills & experience required:
* Previous experience as a Design Engineer within manufacturing, ideally electronic design engineering including understanding of firmware and software
* Experience with SolidWorks 2D and 3D
* Experience generating Bill of Materials
* Prototyping experience
* Experience of data analysis of testing and experience implementing production fixes
Company benefits:
* Collaborative team environment offering career progression
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
* Pension scheme
* 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Benefit Hub
* Cycle to work scheme
* 28-day Brighton & Hove Bus Saver
Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.