Product Development Engineer

Cardiff CF14

Commutable from Cardiff, Bridgend, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontyclun, Barry, Penarth, Pontypridd

Benefits:-

• 10% Bonus
• 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 28 with service
• Option to buy holiday days
• Wellbeing Programme
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Referral Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Free Parking

A Cardiff based, international business are looking to recruit a Product Development Engineer to join a growing team. This business excel in their field and their product has a genuine impact on the end user. The business offer an excellent benefits package including a strong pension contribution, a good bonus and opportunities to go on courses and further professional development. The role is well suited to an engineer coming who with experience in a highly regulated industry with a background in developing products.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Take a leading role in the design and adoption of pro-active or reactive changes to existing products, ensuring they remain fit for purpose and suitable for medical devices.
• Deliver design change projects in a timely manner, within budget, whilst managing project risk and keeping key stakeholders informed.
• Refine concepts through prototyping, functional lab testing and evaluation.
• Ensure product designs are fit for purpose, feasible and designed to cost.
• Take a lead role in determining sustainability benefits of any new designs or material changes.
• Provide input to technical reports and design documentation for internal and external users to review ensuring that the content is accurate and informed.
• Provide product design and technical knowledge to activities and business decision making within your specialty area.
• Author, review and/or approve documentation, such as test reports, regulatory and NPI documents, design reviews and specification documents.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Educated to Degree level in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, Change Engineering or closely related technical qualification.
• Previous experience in a similar product change role, within a manufacturing environment.
• Able to demonstrate expertise in understanding user requirements, developing ideas, turning them into concepts and refining them into commercial products.
• Able to demonstrate working knowledge of test development and execution, including collection, analysis and statistical interpretation of data.
• Experience gained in a highly regulated industry, in a similar role.
• Proficient in both 2D and 3D CAD / surface modelling, preferably Solidworks.
• Experience in packaging design.

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To apply please email your CV / resume to jackl@hunterselection.co.uk