Mechanical Systems Design Engineer

System Design Engineer
Cardiff
Competitive salary, hybrid/flexible working

Yolk Recruitment is partnered with this global medical device business in the recruitment of a System Design Engineer at their state of the art UK HQ, responsible for developing products that have an enormous impact in improving human lives.

You'll be a part of a product development team involved in taking projects from concept through to manufacturing and release, evaluating and contributing to product architecture design bearing in mind trade-offs between mechanical, electrical and software partitioning and evaluating designs to verify they meet requirements an validate they meet the intended use.

This is what you will be doing as System Design Engineer

• Involved in the full project lifecycle from initial design/development to product transfer, manufacturing and product release
• Work with project teams to ensure that product architecture, inter-operability and compatibility with related systems is considered during product development
• Perform calculations, simulations and analysis of test results concerning the development of new products.
• Apply mechanical design expertise to create, review and approve 2D and 3D CAD models, drawings using company procedures.
• Lead local design/ technical reviews.
• Aid system design, taking into account all stakeholders
• Lead the technical development of subsystems according to the product development process and regulatory requirements
• Responsible for the generation of service-related product documentation, and involvement in product labelling
• Work with lab technicians to assemble, test, and troubleshoot mechanical, electromechanical, and pneumatic test setups and data acquisition systems and produce the necessary technical reports.
• Assist engineering teams with root cause analysis for problems identified throughout product development
• Work with manufacturing and service teams to develop tests for use in confirming the continued conformance of products
• Participate in continuous improvement projects
• Provide input to risk analysis and make sure to integrate the means of mitigation by design
• Liaise with other departments and sites in order to ensure a smooth and rapid transition of new products from design to manufacture/test

This is the experience you will bring

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineer discipline
• Experience in a medical product design environment is advantageous
• Knowledge of control systems and process simulation (Labview, Matlab)
• Competent in CAD and associated simulation tools
• Experience in Methods of Failure Analysis is advantageous

This is what you will get in return

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Leading salary available on application
• 5% pension
• 33 days holidays - including bank holidays
• Annual bonus
• Career and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme

If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful in the role of System Design Engineer apply now.

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