Unknown Recruitment presents an exciting opportunity for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer due to continued growth. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for supporting the team by producing design solutions that arise from new product design, customer requests, and other ad hoc activities. You must have a sound knowledge of engineering principles and materials, and an ability to apply your experience creatively in the development of world-leading innovative products

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer requirements:

 Degree or time served Mechanical Engineer with minimum 5 years experience in a design and development environment.

• Strong experience of CAD software, preferably CATIA V5, with the ability to create design concepts and fully dimensioned drawings.
• The ability to interpret mechanical FEA studies and propose solutions/improvements to design issues.
• A good understanding of design for assembly and constraints for low volume manufacture.
• A good understanding of materials and associated mechanical properties and processing.
• A confident approach with customers and suppliers with the ability to detail requirements and understand issues.
• Consider the health and safety, environmental and energy impact of all activities.
• Support the Company’s compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, following policy and best practice.
• Undertake any other duties or activities reasonably requested in order to meet departmental or company goals.
• Hybrid working is adopted for this position.

If interested in the role of Senior Mechanical Design Engineer then please contact Wilson Leung at Unknown Recruitment on +447955496036 or send an up-to-date WORD CV to wcleung@unknownrecruitment.co.uk all correspondence and conversations for the role will be treated in the strictest of confidence

Senior Hardware Electronics Engineer responsibilities:

Supporting Department management activities; planning, reviews, process development, mentoring;

Supporting Project Acquisition by providing estimates of time and budgets;

Liaising with Customer Representatives and other members of the Project Team to agree product hardware requirements, and to resolve specification deficiencies;

Liaising with the Project Manager and other members of the Project Team to establish hardware feature content and requirements for internal and customer releases;

Providing Technical Leadership on development projects to the team; taking a primary role in the hardware design and development process including: hardware requirements specification and analysis, hardware system design, hardware functional design, hardware specification, participation in peer and formal reviews, preparation of test plans, specification and procurement of test equipment, coordinating and supporting the manufacture and test of prototypes;

Providing accurate and timely information relating to the progress of assigned tasks and activities, problem areas, project concerns, recovery actions etc.;

Promoting the orderly progression of hardware integration by ensuring assigned activities are completed to the schedule agreed with the Project Team;

Generating work plans for engineers allocated to the Project;

Ensure that hardware development work is conducted in accordance with Company policies and procedures, and that such work meets relevant project, customer and Company quality and safety standards;

Ensure all supporting documentation relating to a hardware release is complete and accurate (including but not limited to: requirements documents, design documents, design review reports, test plans & results, user documentation) and is held according to the Company’s policies;

Ensure the relevant hardware lifecycle is followed for assigned engineering activities;

Identify areas for improvement including tools, techniques and processes;

Ensure that any safety concerns identified are recorded in the project hazard log and are brought to the attention of the Chief Hardware Engineer;

Ensure that any problems encountered during the hardware design and development process which might affect the performance or quality of the final product are brought to the immediate attention of the Project Manager and Chief Hardware Engineer;

Liaising with the Customer to establish priorities and resolve timing conflict;

Act as chair and arbiter during formal design reviews.

Senior Hardware Electronics Engineer Requirements:

Degree-qualified in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical and Electronic Engineering);

Experience of small to medium volume manufacturing and assembly techniques appropriate to HV Power Electronics;

Experience of Si, SiC and GaN technology up to 1200V.

Experience of Power Conversion; Converter and Inverter up to 300kW.

Experience in HSD with latest range of Safety Processors; Infineon and NXP primarily.

Experienced and familiar with using ECAD; Altium, Zuken, PSpice, Spice, MathCAD including general engineering tools;

Experience in the use of model-based development tools including Matlab, Simulink;

Experience and understanding of ISO26262 including process and design methologies;

Good troubleshooting, test and analysis skills;

Good written and verbal communication skills; supporting customer meetings, issues resolution and report writing;

Proficiency with standard office tools (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project etc.);

A flexible approach in terms of working hours;

Willingness to travel within the UK and world wide.

If interested in the role of Senior Hardware Electronics Engineer then please contact Wilson Leung at Unknown Recruitment on +447955496036 or send an up-to-date WORD CV to wcleung@unknownrecruitment.co.uk all correspondence and conversations for the role will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

 Hardware Electronics Engineer responsibilities:

Providing realistic estimates of time and budgets to complete designated activities;

Providing accurate and timely information relating to the progress of assigned tasks and activities, problem areas, project concerns, recovery actions etc;

Liaising with Customer Representatives and other members of the Project Team to agree product hardware requirements, and to resolve specification deficiencies;

Liaising with internal and external Test Facilities to plan and support product design validation activities;

Liaising with internal and external Manufacturing Facilities to support product manufacture;

Assisting other members of the Project Team to understand the hardware design;

Promoting the orderly progression of hardware integration by ensuring assigned activities are completed to the schedule agreed with the Project Team;

Generating work plans for Electronic Technicians allocated to the Project;

Liaising with the Project Manager and other members of the Project Team to establish hardware feature content and requirements for internal and customer releases;

Take a primary role in the hardware design and development process including: hardware requirements specification and analysis, hardware system design, hardware functional design, hardware specification, participation in peer and formal reviews, preparation of test plans, specification and procurement of test equipment, coordinating and supporting the manufacture and test of prototypes;

Ensure that hardware development work is conducted in accordance with Company policies and procedures, and that such work meets relevant project, customer and Company quality and safety standards;

Ensure all supporting documentation relating to a hardware release is complete and accurate (including but not limited to: requirements documents, design documents, design review reports, test plans & results, user documentation) and is held according to the Company’s policies;

Ensure the relevant hardware lifecycle is followed for assigned engineering activities;

Identify areas for improvement including tools, techniques and processes;

Ensure that any safety concerns identified are recorded in the project hazard log and are brought to the attention of the Chief Engineer

Ensure that any problems encountered during the hardware design and development process which might affect the performance or quality of the final product are brought to the immediate attention of the Project Manager and Chief Engineer Requirements:

Hardware Electronics Engineer requirements:

Degree-qualified in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical and Electronic Engineering);

Experience of small to medium volume manufacturing and assembly techniques appropriate to rotating electrical machines;

Experience in the use of model-based development tools including Matlab, Simulink;

Familiarity with external motor control systems including power electronics, control methods and position sensor requirements would be advantageous;

Good test and analysis skills;

Good written and verbal communication skills;

Proficiency with standard office tools: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc;

A team player with the additional ability to work alone unsupervised;

Highly-motivated and capable of working on concurrent activities;

Willingness to travel within the UK and world wide;

If interested in the role of Hardware Electronics Engineer then please contact Wilson Leung at Unknown Recruitment on +447955496036 or send an up-to-date WORD CV to wcleung@unknownrecruitment.co.uk all correspondence and conversations for the role will be treated in the strictest of confidence.