Senior Design Engineer

Job Description

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HD is a dynamic medical device and product design consultancy, we are currently inviting direct contact from experienced first class medical device design & product design engineers looking for an interesting and challenging role within a highly supportive business with ambitious plans.

HD is a customer focused team with a clear growth plan to which the whole team contributes and benefits from. By joining HD you will work with a strong, friendly and supportive team with an excellent record of developing our staff. We will work hard to ensure you are soon comfortable with your work and making great progress in your career.

You will benefit from working directly with a variety of highly skilled consultants, suppliers and clients on a range of interesting projects in a commercial and fast paced environment. By joining HD, you will soon receive the recognition and satisfaction of winning, designing and delivering cutting edge designs for a range of international clients.

Working within a formal ISO9001 & ISO13485 compliant design development process, you will manage significant projects and sometimes small teams of colleagues to deliver projects on time and to budget. You will have commercial responsibility, and it will regularly involve working on multiple projects in different phases of work, so managing time and priorities to suit available resources and client needs will be required.

Typically working to a client's brief, but sometimes on our own technology, your typical days would include:

• Research & Idea Generation
• Concept Design & Development to solve complex mechanical challenges
• Human Factors & User Studies
• Risk Analysis & Management
• 3D CAD modelling (SolidWorks) & PDM
• Design Engineering, using hand calculations and FEA when required
• DFMEA's
• Design for Manufacture & liaison with external manufacturers
• Tolerance Analysis
• 2D Drawings, using GD&T where required
• Assembling and testing prototypes
• Project and account management
• Meeting with clients via Microsoft Teams to discuss live projects
• Join new enquiry meetings to support the business development function, and produce proposals for us to win new projects.
• Supporting team members on technical aspects, design reviews and drawing checks

We strive for efficient design and engineering to deliver successful projects so you will also make use of a wide variety of different tools and processes to solve the inevitable challenges of creating cutting edge designs.

3D design and component detailing must be first class, with fully drafted plastic parts and all moulding requirements identified. Any steel and fabricated parts must be designed considering available materials and manufacturing processes from the outset. Our client's products are of the highest quality, so our designs need to be thoroughly engineered to perform in the same manner.

HD has been established for nearly 30 years and is eager to grow further in our target sectors. You will be encouraged to develop your skills, knowledge and capabilities so regular development and training is provided across the whole team. We encourage engagement of everyone to help grow the business by looking for opportunities to develop innovative ideas whilst building strong relationships with our clients so there will likely be opportunity to travel to meet clients and attend conferences too.

Experience Required

• Due to the nature of our work we are looking for someone with at least 7 years design and engineering experience.
• Knowledge and experience of medical device development would be an advantage but a mechanical design aptitude, particularly of complex/small mechanisms and moulding in a highly regulated industry, would be considered.
• A track record of developing successful products from concept through to volume production, utilising a range of materials and manufacturing processes, is a must.
• A good understanding of project management and its accompanying commercial implications would be helpful too.
• We are looking for someone fully conversant with the suite of SolidWorks software. However, we do realise that the person we are looking for may not be able to cover the whole range of skills required so training will be provided to cover any shortfalls in knowledge.
• You must be located in the UK or have plans to relocate near Stafford as we typically work from the office, 3 days per week.

Benefits:

• Enhanced company pension contribution
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Sick pay
• Bonus scheme through profit sharing
• Work from home, two days/week
• On-site parking
• Bike to work scheme
• Employee welfare scheme

Qualifications

Qualified to minimum degree level in an engineering discipline, with the ability to think laterally and focus your energy on the needs of our clients.

Schedule:

• Job Type: Full-time.
• Typically, Monday to Friday lunchtime, (Tuesday-Thursday in our Stafford Office)

Experience:

• New Product Development: 7 years (required)
• Medical Device Development: 3 years (preferred)

Licence:

• Driving (required)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £45,000.00-£52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stafford ST18 0WP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• What are your salary expectations?

Experience:

• Medical Device Development: 3 years (preferred)
• Design Engineering: 7 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stafford ST18 0WP