Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Havant, Hampshire (Commutable from Portsmouth, Southampton, Chichester)

Salary: up to £25k

Job Sectors: Engineering / Mechanical / Graduate / Manufacturing / Production

Our client are manufacturers and global suppliers of fire detection solutions.

Job Description:

Successful applicant will have:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience of building 3D models and bringing concepts to life (SolidWorks is ideal).
• Able to understand and interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications
• Self-motivated with a keen attention to detail
• Knowledge of materials, especially injection moulded plastics & sheet metal

Job Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Create innovative design concepts and then consider the pros and cons of the concepts with colleagues from across the business.
• Participate in a DFMEA/PFMEA review and help drive the team to delve right into the design concept and make sure it’s as watertight as possible.
• Check through a mould flow report from one of our tooling suppliers and agree updates to the CAD model to suit their recommendations.
• Discuss with PCB Designers and negotiate where they want to position components.
• Run a Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation to evaluate design changes.
• Run an FEA simulation to compare different mechanical clip designs against each other giving more confidence before going to tooling.