WH181 Mechanical Product Development Engineer

Overview: Mechanical Design Engineer (Product Development) is a lead engineer responsible for planning, and executing project work focusing on the development of new, novel, subsystem / system designs which can be deployed to Public Transport Systems.

Key Accountabilities :

Responsible for the mechanical design & development of electro-mechanical sub-systems & systems.

• Responsibilities include concept and detailed design, bench level and prototype design, testing, documentation and engineering validation of new products.
• Take a product from white paper to Prototype
• Ability to work with cross-functional team to define mechanical equipment required and manufacturing process for products developed
• Design test fixtures for breadboard or bench scale product testing
• Develop and test prototypes
• Identify, analyze, and recommend new or emerging technologies and materials to improve product designs
• Work with the Research / Development and Application teams to ensure research concepts are translated into safe and compliant design solutions which meet relevant standards & legislation, delivered to budget and timescale.
• Work with other Engineering Functions, Project Management, Manufacturing, Procurement and Quality to develop a manufacturable, safe and reliable product.
• Apply safe design principles to safety critical systems, with particular interest in electrical safety, pressure and machine safety directives.
• Management and ownership of system design deliverables, change control and risks.
• Ensure electrical designs are delivered in adherence to PTL QMS processes and procedures.
• Work in line with customer PDLC (Agile or Waterfall)

Experience:

• Use of 3D & 2D CAD software to produce design models and drawings. Creo 2 experience desired  – Essential
• Strong design background and high proficiency in CAD systems – Essential
• Experience in product development or similar role – Essential
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to master complex systems with sound mechanical principles – Essential
• Materials science understanding a plus – Desirable
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and meet aggressive development timelines – Essential
• Ability to work with a start-up mentality, self-motivated, highly driven – Essential
• Must have a thorough understanding of theoretical and practical technical principles in the following areas:  mechanical design, geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, heat transfer, technical writing. – Essential
• Design & development experience with Electromechanical system for Public Transport OEM  – Desirable
• Good general IT skills – MS office, Excel, Power Point  – Essential
• Good verbal communication and report writing  – Essential
• Good organizational skills including time management.  – Essential
• Good team working skills.  – Essential
• Well presented.  – Essential
• A team player.  – Essential
• Methodical approach to work. – Essential

Work experience with Global team with min 6 months of experience at customer place (USA, Canada, China) – Essential

Valid Passport – Essential