JOB SPECIFICATION

Team

R&D Electro-Mechanical

Job title

Mechanical Design Engineer

Reviewed by

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Direct reports

None

Overall purpose of job

Mechanical designer for digital audio mixers and related products

Main activities & responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer you will be heavily involved in the mechanical design and development of high-end audio mixing desks; the role will cover industrial design through to factory support. This will include:

• Detail design of all the mechanical aspects for road mapped products.
• Creative industrial design and concept development for potential products.
• Provide manufacturing drawings or data to subcontractors.
• Implement and record design changes.
• Ensure all new parts and mechanical BOM’s are correct, updated and able to be entered onto the MRP system
• Ensure purchasing is aware of any design changes.
• Liaise with the Marketing department to help design and maintain logos, designs and artwork continuity.
• Creation of artworks for products and packaging.
• Creation of loom drawings and wiring diagrams
• Liaise with the factory to implement new products.
• Production support, creation and implementation engineering change notes
• Input to overall project plans. In addition, there will be opportunity to manage projects as the project lead.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Other features of the job

Liaison with metalwork and mechanical suppliers, PCB and electronics designers, subcontractors and purchasing departments and factory.

Participation in design, project and planning reviews

Terms & conditions

37.5 hours per week. 3 days based in office.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ATTRIBUTES

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Education, qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related subject or equivalent experience

• MSc in Mechanical or related subject or equivalent experience

Experience

• Minimum 2-5 years industrial experience in mechanical design
• Experience with designing complex mechanical products using a DFM methodology
• Some experience with project managing paper to production electro-mechanical projects
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles
• Experience in CAD based mechanical design, simulation / verification, synthesis and analysis

• Interested in audio and/or audio mixing systems
• Understanding of thermals
• Project management qualification

Practical & intellectual skills (inc. special knowledge)

• Experienced and fully conversant with mechanical CAD packages
• Good knowledge of vector based 2D image creation tools
• Working knowledge of engineering change documentation processes
• Fabrication of parts using varying processes including: Folded metal, extrusions, machined parts, 3D printed parts, injection moulding, casting
• Creating assembly drawings
• Drawing wiring looms
• Bill of materials and parts lists
• Knowledge of engineering materials
• Knowledge of bonding techniques

• Project management skills and the ability to manage a project.
• Experienced with Autodesk Inventor, Vault and AutoCAD
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator
• Experience with vertex–based modelling packages such as 3DS Max and Blender

Company values

• Customer focused
• Innovative
• Active team member
• Honest
• Dedicated

Circumstances

• Good attendance record (this will not preclude a candidate with a disability)

• Ability to work occasional overtime

Training

• Willingness to undertake further training and development

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