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  • Southampton, Hampshire
  • £25 to £40
  • (Permanent)
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This company develops and manufactures ultra-precision coordinate measuring systems.

Job Overview:

The R&D Electro-Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for designing precision measuring systems and test rigs following the development life-cycle. This will include research, concepts, design reviews, estimating, prototyping, documentation, assembly, and testing.
The successful candidate will report directly to the product development manager and will collaborate with the software development team, operations team and customers.

For the right candidate, there is the opportunity to grow into a hardware development team lead.

Responsibilities and Duties:

- Work on design projects, following the hardware development process to research, develop and produce hardware design concepts, resource estimates, prototypes, design drawings, design specifications and documentation and test plans.
- Take part in and contribute to the review and prioritisation of requirements and design reviews.
- Assemble, test and review design solutions as part of a controlled iterative design process.
- Follow the process for the generation of intellectual property to ensure that it is created and protected appropriately.
- Contribute to the improvement of the hardware development process.
- Manage hardware design projects from start to end.

Primary Location of Post:

At company address.
Note: Occasional travel will be required. This can be at short notice. Destinations are likely to be, but not limited to, UK, Europe, and USA.

Key Qualifications/Experience:

- Strong academic background in engineering, physics or related discipline (E).
- At least 2 years’ experience as an engineer in an electro-mechanical, automation, robotics or metrology role in an industrial context with hands-on experience in building prototypes (E).
- Familiarity with 3D CAD modelling (E).
- Good working knowledge of GD&T (HD).
- Experience with precision engineering concepts (HD)
- Familiarity with Machinery Directive and machine safety (HD).
- Good awareness of development life cycle and agile development methods (HD)
- Familiarity with 3D geometric data and data processing (D).
- Knowledge of programming, preferably in C# (D).
- Fluent written and spoken English (E).

Key Business Attributes

- Maintain confidentiality with respect to customer information and our own intellectual property (E).
- Attention to fine detail and quality at all times (E).
- Ability to manage and plan work to meet deadlines and respond to changing priorities (E).
- Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with suppliers, customers and colleagues (HD).

Personal Qualities

- Highly self-motivated individual capable of working with minimum supervision, individually and as part of a team, in a dynamic environment (E).
- Able to work to tight timescales and sometimes under pressure (E).
- A flexible approach to work; able to work occasional overtime at short notice (E).

(E)= Essential (HD) = Highly Desirable (D) = Desirable