Sheet Metal Design Engineer

The Opportunity: Working within the existing design team of this quality British designed and manufactured product, the Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible improving the design and maintenance of a high quality, aesthetically pleasing product made of sheet metal. Design for manufacture experience is vital to your success in this fabulous Design Engineer’s position, and some hands on experience with prototyping products and sheet metal processes is also requierd. The Opportunity: * Work closely with the Technical Engineering Manager, design and development department taking products from conception to detailed engineering drawings for manufacture. * Determine manufacturing methods for engineering designs accounting for both in – house and external manufacture capabilities. * Ensure that tolerance analysis is carried out during the design process, allowing for ease of manufacture, product function and eliminating tolerance build up issues during product manufacture and assembly. * Work with all departments involved in the NPD program, in particular, Development, Production Engineering & Purchasing, ensuring design for manufacture is implemented prior to product handover. * Work with the Production Engineering department to optimise designs to reduce costs, increase efficiency and maintain product quality. * Ensure Bill of Materials spreadsheets are generated during the design process enabling Production Engin...