Seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer in Warwickshire to lead innovative projects in high-speed compressors, power electronics enclosures, and advanced cooling systems. With over a decade of experience and proficiency in 3D CAD, you'll drive concept-to-production development while ensuring automotive compliance. Join a global leader in electro-mechanical innovation and apply today.
???????
The Role
Reporting to the Mechanical Team Leader and working within the multi-disciplinary engineering team.
Required:
- Mechanical engineering degree, either BSc/BEng or MEng.
- Proficiency with 3D CAD software.
- 10 years' experience.
Responsibilities:
- Organise and lead mechanical engineers to fulfil numerous orders and projects.
- Developing designs from concept through to production intent.
- Creating CAD models and fully detailed engineering drawings using GD&T.
Products include, but are not limited to:
-
- High speed compressors
-
Enclosures for power electronics
-
Cooling structures
-
Testing hardware, prototypes, jigs & fixtures
-
Liaising with members of the wider engineering team, as well as external suppliers.
-
Work with Mechanical Team Leader to continue to build and develop mechanical engineering team to fulfil company strategic road map.
-
Provide technical guidance and oversight to other mechanical engineers.
-
Ensure products are developed to achieve compliance with automotive requirements.
-
Provide technical liaison and support for customers.
-
Contribute to the creation of FMEA's.
-
Participate in problem solving processes, such as 8Ds.
-
Create/Review tolerance stack-ups.
-
Create/Review and sign off reports, drawings, designs and calculations.
-
Identify opportunities for improvements in functionality and manufacture.
-
Create DVP&R plan for setup and running a test cell for validation work.
Skills, Experience and Personal Attributes:
-
Proven experience of developing electro-mechanical components within the automotive sector or similar.
-
Good understanding of solid body dynamics, structures and materials, heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
-
3D CAD modelling (Solidworks desirable) and GD&T as per BS 8888.
-
Desirable - Experience in any of the following areas:
-
Computational Fluid Dynamics
-
Motor drive architecture
-
Motor design and/or electronic enclosures
-
Electronic power device functionality/Cooling methods
-
Rotordynamics - Shaft stress analysis
-
Balancing
-
Carbon fibre/Magnet retention
-
DFM/DFA/DFV.
-
DFMEA.
-
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) - 3D Experience, Team Center, etc.
-
Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, Excel, Projects).
-
Excellent communication skills within multi-disciplinary team and with external customers.
-
Self-starter, able to prioritise and plan effectively and manage own workload.
-
Excellent problem-solving skills and a creative approach for new ideas.
-
Keen attention to detail.
-
Confident in use of basic workshop tools and processes.