Senior Product Design Engineer (Contract)

Create innovative, consumer-focused products engineered to withstand demanding automotive & active-use environments

Support research and feasibility assessments for new technologies, materials and product concepts

Translate customer and market needs into clear engineering requirements, design tasks and measurable performance benchmarks

Prototype, test and refine concepts through iterative design-build-test cycles

Manage concurrent design projects, ensuring they are completed within set timeframes and meet all structural performance constraints

Seek to eliminate technical and functional risks during the design phase, utilising engineering principles to predict how materials and geometries will behave during dynamic events

Create detailed parametric 3D CAD models, drawings, specifications and BOMs using SolidWorks

Review and conduct testing on pre-production samples

Work with the Manufacturing team, suppliers and manufacturers to obtain quotations and DFM input

Design and develop products that are consistent and recognisable via visual brand language & styling

Coordinate the design and engineering product packaging solutions to set parameters

Contribute to a positive, collaborative and respectful design team culture

Bachelor’s degree in Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or Technology

Ability to interpret and convert high level product requirements into executable and clear design tasks

Able to clearly communicate design ideas and concepts via sketching, CAD modelling and various methods of prototyping

Comprehensive understanding of design & engineering principles and highly capable of applying these during the product development process

Ability to generate fully defined parametric 3D CAD models for manufacturing and illustrative purposes utilising SolidWorks

Experience in iterative concept validation and the fabrication of prototypes for testing form, fit, and functional mechanical performance

Extensive experience and understanding of DFM design for manufacturing principles, with the ability to apply these in practice when developing product design solutions

Excellent knowledge & understanding of various manufacturing processes and production methods

Effective time management skills to achieve all objectives within defined time frames and commercial constraints

Sound knowledge of Microsoft programs including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Desirable Experience:

Hands-on knowledge in a wide range of polymers and elastomers, particularly their behaviour under dynamic loading

Track record of designing products for impact, vibration, dampening or other dynamic environments

Experience interfacing with customers in the automotive OEM industry or equivalent sectors