Job Title: Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
- Salary: £21-24k
- Location: East Sussex
- Date posted: 05/12/2011
- Date expires: 13/02/2012
- Degree Subject: Mechanical Engineering or related
- Degree Grade: 2:1
- UCAS Points: BBC
- Position Type: Full-Time
- Experience: Not required
- Job Category: Engineering
- Vacancy Reference: CR35714SUSMDE
My client specialises in taking an idea from concept through to production. They work across a range of engineering sectors including electronics, software, mechanics and ergonomics.
This is an immediate start role.
You will be responsible for for designing and developing new innovative solutions for various high-tech consumer and industrial products ranging from camera control systems to 3D scanners, and from electrical vehicles control systems to small robotic arms. Your creativity and solid engineering background will allow you to continuously think 'outside of the box' and create new innovative solutions which are viable to implement. You will be involved in the whole development cycle from initial requirement specification through to design, implementation, test, customer acceptance and post-delivery support.
Key duties include:
- Concept work and design studies
- Designing requirement specifications and developing design and test cases and systems to those specifications
- Creating detailed and accurate bill of materials, assembly documentation and drawing releases
- Draft specifications, design and develop complete products from concept to prototype
- Design and implementation of test equipment for the product you designed
- Keep up to date with research and industry best practices
- Protects organisation's value by keeping information confidential
- Accomplishes organisation goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
Essential skills for the role include:
- Engineering Degree (1st or 2:1) in Mechanical Engineering or Design Engineering
- Very strong understanding of linkages, gears, dynamics, statics, FEA
- Strong knowledge of Soliworks and MatlabSimulink
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes (injection molding etc)
- Truly enjoy technical and engineering activities
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet strict deadlines
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to think creatively and problem solve
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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