Senior Design Engineer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £45000 – £55000/annum
Randstad are recruiting for a Senior Design Engineer for a client based in Bristol. They are a rapidly growing company that specialises in designing and manufacturing a variety of high pressure hydraulic products for the Automotive and Aerospace industries.
Essential requirements
Degree level education in Mechanical Engineering or closely related subject
At least 5 years of experience in a mechanical design role
Experience of design processes and engineering principles
Understanding of metallurgy and material science
Understanding of machining processes and their relevance in mechanical design
Experience with CAD and producing technical drawings
Experience using FEA tools
Understanding of wider system technology including electronics, software and control, and its impact on mechanical design
High levels of personal accountability and ownership, to effectively deliver on challenging and ambitious targets
Strong presentation (both of technical solutions and data) and reporting skills
Ability to focus on detail to fully understand issues and drive improvement
Experience leading other mechanical engineers within a project
Beneficial requirements
Experience working to Automotive, Aerospace or Marine certification standards
Experience of testing in a production environment
Experience using CFD tools
Experience with hydraulic machines e.g. Servo valves, pumps, actuators etc.
Experience designing for additive manufacturing processes.
Experience with designing electric motors
Key responsibilities
Design and analysis of valves to fit customer applications
Management of manufacturing documentation, including CAD, drawings, bill of materials and AM build files
Finding and communicating with suppliers for prototype manufacture
Communication with key stakeholders both internal and external
Providing design support throughout manufacture, assembly, testing and new product introduction
Where required provide the above capability to support other projects, such as suspension, brake by wire and flight controls
Mentoring and technical direction on specific projects to more junior engineers
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver world leading products
This is a full time permanent position with a salary of £45,000-£55,000 depending on experience, flexible start and finish times and a 9 day working fortnight, so you would have every other Friday off as well.
The role is fully on site and will predominantly be based at the head office in Central Bristol.
If you are interested, please make an application at your earliest convenience.
Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
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