Design Engineer

Overall Purpose of the Role:
Research and develop ideas for new products, technologies, components, processes and the systems used to make them. Work to improve the performance and efficiency of existing products. Provide support to the new- business and vehicle-launch team and work to ensure that all aspects of CAD design are created to fully meet the high specifications set. Responsible for ensuring the success of the design from inception through to delivery into manufacture, using innovative engineering skills to ensure seamless integration. Very hands on position, demanding high levels of creativity and flexibility. Work on many phases or sub-tasks of large projects working under instruction or entire projects of moderate complexity. Works under general supervision, reviewed at project milestones and on completion. Plans projects or subtasks so they may be tracked and presented. Results impact project/programme completion.
Key Responsibilities:
General and Task Management
Ability to capture and specify the design requirements
Research concept ideas using mathematical modelling to work out whether new developments and innovations would work and be cost effective
Analyse the Engineering and Project input in order to interrogate it, reach
an agreement and integrate it formally in a Design solution
Produce design ideas, ba...