Mechanical Design Engineer - Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Kelly Services

Kelly Services

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our Client is a leading electronic manufacturing business based in the North East of England. The company currently require a talented Mechanical Design Engineer to join the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibility for the mechanical aspect of all new developments and sustained products.
Control and development of all technical drawings 2D / 3D, reading and producing.
Accountable for meeting all specification from relevant standards and ASTA certification.
Understanding and operation of the functions with the Low Voltage Type Test equipment to produce accurate tensile test and pressure test reports.
Developing compliance solutions as and when required.
Producing reports to ISO 17025 guidelines of internal work and for external testing, learning and customer/supplier visits.
Producing formal datasheets for product release.
Leading the technical drawing of all new and sustained components and will be capable of producing 2D and 3D drawings. 2D drawings will be AutoCAD, 3D may be SolidWorks.
Assistance with datasheets to inform customers of all standardised dimensions and material data
Assisting in ensuring all testing and activities within the laboratory are performed with full recourse to the certification and all health and safety guidelines.
Producing ISO 17025 reports to accurately demonstrate all testing completed and interpretation of the results against the specified requirements to draw scientific conclusions and ensure all data relating to the product development is documented and filed.
Responsible for full revision control of all documentation and following of all processes and procedures such as use of change note requests for changing specification and drawings.
Performing risk management to absolutely minimize and risks and mitigate remaining risks either within the R&D environment or externally within Operations.
Establishing and maintaining relationships with 3rd parties/vendors and actively source relevant material with best terms and conditions to be able to hand over the whole project to Operations, Purchasing and Quality Departments.

Skills Required:

HNC or Higher in Mechanical Engineering
Reasonable mechanical design experience in an industrial environment, ideally in the electrical engineering arena
Expert in pushfit connectivity and tolerances between copper and ceramic.
Good understanding of tolerance stacking to minimise component variation.
Some tool room experience to be able to manufacture test jigs and fixtures.
Experienced with reading and understanding IEC Technical Standards.
Excellent Report Writing Skills.
Skilled in the design of mechanical parts, including the push fit connection of copper or brass end caps to a ceramic barrel so a standardised tensile pull test figure can be determined. Some knowledge of thermal properties of materials will be helpfulto enable the required dimensions and type of material required in each project.
Some workshop experience would be helpful to enable test jigs and ancillary parts to be manufactured, either in house or sub contracted.
An understanding of the full life cycle of products from concept to product release and ongoing support, along with all the problemsolving techniques that will be required along the way.
Experience of plastic design and moulding would be desirable or a willingness to understand this process and technology
Knowledge of the range of IEC 60269 standards would be a major advantage

Salary:

Competitive salary offered plus a comprehensive benefits package

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