Job Category: Engineering DESIGN ENGINEER Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you. Gates Corporation is an industry leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. The company has facilities around the world serving the automotive, industrial and Oil & Gas sectors. This position is part of the Research & Engineering team, based in Cramlington. WHAT TO EXPECT Working full-time from our Cramlington facility the main function of the design engineer is to research new technologies and innovations and apply these to the development of new products to meet customer and market needs. This includes research and development to optimize product performance, cost and manufacturability. The role requires participating in commercialisation process and to give technical support to engineering & services team, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain management. Key responsibilities: Plan, co-ordinate, and hand over all applicable SOPs for either E&S or Production Design new hose build-ups and fittings using Inventor. Manage BOM of prototype and procurement of components to enable prototyping and ensure all parts are captured in the ERP package (e.g. SAP, DataRight). Applies design techniques such as DOE or statistical analysis where needed to problem solving and to optimization of development cycle time. Monitor cost and schedule the progress of the prototypes and preproduction runs. Initiate corrective action to designs or processes for technical or production purposes. Ensuring all Project Data is recorded and updated, proper work procedures available and maintained using Vault Pro package.