Senior Design & Development Engineer in Hingham, Norfolk
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As a Senior Design and Development Engineer, you are responsible for owning and delivering work packages within the new product development function, achieving on time product delivery and compliance to specifications and requirements, working directly with Airbus and Boeing, in addition to our global customer base.
If you are looking for the next chapter in your career with learning opportunities for new skills and techniques then Mirus has so much to offer you. We pride ourselves as engineers in personal development which contributes to our world class engineering team.
About the role
As a Senior Design and Development Engineer, you will work closely with other Mirus functional teams and external stakeholders to ensure effective & efficient design and development, including Design for Manufacture & Assembly, cost, weight, reliability and performance.
YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBLITLIES:
In your role as our Senior Design & Development Engineer, you will:
* Act as a senior member of the engineering team, championing best practice, developing less experienced colleagues and providing effective support to your line manager, deputising when required.
* Apply professional expertise & judgement appropriately to deliver engineering programmes, using own initiative and with minimal supervision, independently identifying issues & risks & proactively coming up with solutions to overcome them, while escalating issues and risks to management in a timely manner when necessary.
* Support the engineering management team in identifying and implementing improvements to engineering processes systems and tools to maximise the efficiency, quality of output and agility of the engineering team.
* Take ownership for the design & development of key modules of the seat system achieving comfort, reliability, performance, aesthetic, cost & weight targets.
* Work closely with suppliers to develop the design, taking into consideration supplier capability and piece cost, as well as identifying & exploiting opportunities for technical or commercial advantage.
* Continually drive the design towards DFM (design for manufacture) and DFA (design for assembly).
* Produce high quality 3D & 2D design definition using Solidworks and PDM, along with supporting documentation.
About you
To help Mirus continue our journey of growth, you will bring your expertise within a design engineering capacity, a passion for problem solving and drive for operational excellence along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
* Mechanical Engineering Degree (or equivalent)
* Proficient user of CAD and PDM systems with experience of best practice modelling and drawing techniques including G,D&T
* Experience of working on structural mechanical product development programmes in a design, manufacturing and test environment
Desirable:
* Experience of developing product in an aircraft seating environment
* Experience in the latest manufacturing techniques such as injection mouldings, vacuum forming, castings, forgings, extrusions and machining from solid
Personal skills / attributes:
* Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to propose innovative ideas
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
* Excellent planning and organisational skills
* A team player
Please kindly note, at this moment in time we are respectfully not engaging with any agencies for our roles
If you are interested in applying for this job please press the Apply Button and follow the application process. Energy Jobline wishes you the very best of luck in your next career move.
- Location:
- Hingham
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Development Engineer, Engineer, Development, Senior, Engineering, Design
