Mechanical Design Engineer

Hertfordshire  ‐ Onsite
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Mechanical Design Engineer
Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer? Are you looking for a new challenge? Or are you looking to get your foot into the door of a successful organisation which manufactures exciting, bespoke equipment? If so, I have an exciting long term contract opportunity for you to join a large organisation who specialise in providing biological warfare detection equipment to various industries. There is an initial 3-6 month contract on offer with an opportunity to be made permanent if desired. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful organisation and work with interesting bespoke equipment.

THE SALARY/RATE/PACKAGE/BENEFITS
Mechanical Design Engineer
* Competitive rates on offer!
* Mechanical Design Engineer to start asap
* Initial 3-6 month contract with an opportunity to be made permanent if desired
* Based in Elstree

THE CANDIDATE
Mechanical Design Engineer
My client would preferably like the following experience however some of the skills listed are not essential. If you show the correct attitude and are eager to learn, this will also be considered.

* Mechanical Engineering Degree / HNC or equivalent is essential
* 2 years+ of design engineering experience
* Competent user of a 3D CAD design tool - ideally SolidEdge/SolidWorks but this is not essential
* Experience of packaging scientific / electronic components to withstand harsh environments
* Plastic Injection moulding component design
* Understanding of thermal and fluid flow analysis
* Ability to work in a team
* The Mechanical Design Engineer should have good communication / presentation skills
* Knowledge of Military Standards would be beneficial but this is not essential
THE ROLE
Mechanical Design Engineer
* Generate innovative and cost effective mechanical design solutions, to meet challenging customer requirements
* Responsible for Mechanical Design during NPI (New Product Development) & Support process. Member of the R&D function, working in Multi-Disciplined Product Development teams
* Understand and interpret technical requirement specifications
* The Mechanical Design Engineer will generate concept designs to meet technical requirements specifications
* Optimise design concepts to provide most cost effective solution that will meet all specification requirements
* Use SolidEdge 3D CAD to create part models
* Design for manufacture analysis
* Specify and conduct verification and validation testing of design solutions, to ensure they meet the specification requirements
* Environmental testing, including temperature / shock / vibration
* The Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for the build & test of prototypes
* Produce documentation to define the product design, enabling the cost effective manufacture of the design
* Create Engineering Drawings to details all parts and assemblies (Technical Data Pack)
* The Mechanical Design Engineer will generate Test Specifications for acceptance testing of manufactured products
* Support the product design

REFERRAL INFORMATION
Please submit your CV via email to apply in the first instance. We offer referral fees to those recommending unique applicants we go on to place. Do you know anyone suitable?

Location: Elstree

IS THIS POSITION FOR YOU? IF SO, APPLY NOW!
Start date
n.a
From
CG Consultants Ltd
Published at
08.06.2013
Project ID:
548710
Contract type
Freelance
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