Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Carbon60 are working with an exciting electronics manufacturing client in the Coventry area who take pride in their market-leading optoelectronic products, designing and manufacturing these assemblies and components completely in-house.

They are currently looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with vast amounts of expertise to join their team and play a pivotal part in driving our client's technical developments forward alongside the design team.

This role includes involvement and management at all stages of the design process from concept through to passing on to manufacturing, ensuring customer satisfaction is at the forefront as this client prides themselves on long-term customer partnerships.

Salary: £55000 p/a - £65000 p/a depending on experience

Working Hours: Mon - Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm and Friday 8:30am - 1:00pm. 37.5 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities:

Design:

Design and develop high precision mechanical components used within both new and existing products our client's intricate assemblies - using specific finishing and manufacturing techniques/methods
Carry out various product testing ensuring components are in-line with specification and fit to enter production such as validation testing and FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
Create Bill of Materials, build information, stock records - ensuring all information is obtained to complete assemblies.
Liaise with Suppliers, ensuring any design queries are adhered to and provide design files on request if necessary

Project Management:

Taking the lead on full life cycle of allocated design projects, formulating in-depth project plans - supporting identification, design, development and introduction of components/assemblies
Managing and coordinating activities within a small team of Mechanical Engineers - assigning to certain phases and project elements and determining responsibilities, ensuring project schedule is adhered to
Review product designs to determine specifications and subsequently produce cost and time estimates
Interact with several departments throughout the Project lifecycle

Required Experience and Qualifications:

Candidate must be confident in their Mechanical Design Capabilities with at least 7 years' experience within a Mechanical Design role, producing precision components to tight tolerances
Possess an understanding of a variety of materials, quality standards (ISO), validation testing, analysis (FEA) and finishing/manufacturing processes
Experienced in using Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks
Degree qualified or equivalent within an engineering/technical subject
Experience in managing a small team and/or project management would be advantageous

If you meet the required qualifications and experience and would like to discuss this position in further detail, please apply directly and a Carbon60 consultant will be in touch directly.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy