Description
Position: Mechanical Design EngineerJob Type: Contract
Location: Oxford
Hourly Rate: Negotiable
Contract: 6 - 12 Months
Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing ideas and design solutions to practical challenges arising from new product design
- Detail and design of 3D and 2D CAD models and drawings using best practice geometric tolerances, key characteristics and drawing standards. Working within a drawing control PDM system
- Understand design for assembly and constraints for high volume manufacture
- Perform material selection and mechanical FEA analysis on components and assemblies
- Provide detail input to the team to ensure overall design meets requirements for functionality and manufacture
- Support development of manufacturing processes and novel designs for new technology applications and materials
- Support DFMEAs and complete actions required to mitigate risks
- Degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering
- Strong experience of Solidworks CAD software package with the ability to create design concepts and fully dimensioned drawings working to BS8888 with best practice geometric tolerances and key characteristics
- The ability to undertake and interpret mechanical FEA studies and propose solutions/improvements to design issues
- Experience with drawing control systems such as PDM
- Strong mechanical or electrical engineering background, but more importantly, be able to apply knowledge to real world situations
- Familiar with FMEAs and robust engineering practices
- Good understanding of materials and associated mechanical properties and processing