Product Development Engineer (RL5579) Driffield, England
Product Development Engineer
- Salary: £32,000 - £36,000
- Benefits: Pension up to 3% starts at 1% goes up each year to max of 3%/Life Insurance/after probation Private Health care
- Reference: VC5038
- Job Type: Full Time Permanent
- Location: Driffield, East Yorkshire
- Industry Client Works within: Construction
- Job Sector: Engineering
Castle Employment Engineering Division are looking for a Product Development Engineer to work within a growing and expanding business who have seen year on year growth over the last 5 years. This is an excellent opportunity for you to work within a demanding environment in a business that prides itself on quality and their ability to take on high profile projects.
In the role of Product Development Engineer, you will be working as part of the engineering team, will report into the Senior Technical Manager and will be required to deal with new product development and design for manufacture.
You will be responsible for:
- Conceiving, designing, developing and handing over new products from concept to production in support of business development strategy
- Developing improvements to existing products to meet continuous improvement objectives.
- Using design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) to optimise designs for production and demonstrate their robustness in use;
- Analysing and verifying designs by appropriate calculation and computer assisted methods (e.g. FEA).
- Specifying and supervising of test and evaluation samples and product prototypes;
- Validating of product designs by testing using in-house facilities or third parties with leadership and supervision of resources assigned to such tasks;
- Compiling reports of analytical or test methods, results, supporting data and conclusions;
- Preparing of data, methods and instructions to support the Technical Department’s ongoing activities in support of production products;
- Preparing product and system specification drawings and documentation including critical to function and critical to quality annotation to support business Operations Department functions;
- Preparing of product data and drawings / images to support sales and marketing efforts for new and improved products;
- Preparing parametric CAD models and rules to assist in the implementation of Drive Works applications;
- Liaising with members of other departments, suppliers, customers and other external bodies to facilitate the above; and
- Collaborating with the management of the business to proactively contribute to the continuous improvement.
This is a challenging but rewarding opportunity to be successful in this position you will need:
- Have a degree in an applicable engineering discipline;
- Be a qualified engineer with demonstrable experience of practical design for manufacture and assembly;
- Be a self-starter able to work alone on own initiative or in a team;
- Be pragmatic and flexible to the requirements of the job in hand with good judgement of requirements;
- Be capable of innovation when required;
- Be a competent SolidWorks user, preferably with a working knowledge of Sheet Metal functionality, SolidWorks Simulation or similar FEA package and DriveWorks;
- Be capable of producing engineering drawings and documentation to a good standard.
This is a highly development led role and will suit someone who can be inventive yet practical in their approach to driving new products forward. You will be working with a market leader in their sector and will have the opportunity to work on both a project basis as well as being a key member of the technical engineering team.
ABOUT US:
If this role is for you or you would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact Eamonn Byrne the Engineering Consultant working in our dedicated Engineering Division. The Engineering Division is a sector focused arm of Castle Employment Agency and has been born out of the demand for skilled engineers in the region.
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