Mechanical Design Principal Engineer - West Midlands - £0 per year + Competitive market rate (KYU-102136)

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Mechanical Design Principal Engineer
West Midlands, England
£0 per year + Competitive market rate

The New Products and Applications team is core to the unique offering of a complete engineering service and involves concept design and development, prototype and validation testing and low volume manufacture and systems integration. Our steering and braking systems are supplied to a range of niche automotive customers and in addition our experienced and specialist engineers provide consultancy to a wide range of companies and industries.
What you ll do
Responsible for the delivery of mechanical design for internal and external projects
Manage customer requirements and supplier specifications for prototypes and production products ensuring the highest standard of manufacture, quality and performance on-time and in budget
Manage staged design reviews
Define the mechanical and validation requirements
Liaise with other functions to ensure System level compliance
Team leader for multi-disciplinary programmes
Deploy relevant design, development and problem solving tools to achieve Right First Time solutions
Support business development, providing key technical input to proposals
Innovation for new products and services
What we are looking for
Essential:
A Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
Chartered Engineer or working towards chartered status
Demonstrable mechanical design experience of automotive systems with a good knowledge of manufacturing technologies
Experience of Catia V5 and Ansys
Good personal management and communication skills
Flexibility to adapt in an exciting fast paced working environment
Willingness to travel
Desirable:
Experience in automotive system design and manufacture
Experience in mechatronic design
Knowledge of BS8888 and GDandT is a distinct advantage
Experience in managing a team
Working knowledge of PDM systems

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.