Mechanical Design Engineer

Rate Expectation: £40 - £50 per hour Inside IR35

Hybrid in Dundee, a minimum of 3 days in the office.

12 months contract

A key requirement is previous experience leading a mechanical design team preferably working on electro/mechanical systems operating under S/W control.

S/W Controls are single channel controllers for battery operated toys and appliances

Managing of Fault tolerance in media handling system; Building systems that can withstand failures and continue to function properly. This is crucial in scenarios where media processing is time-sensitive or where data integrity is paramount, like in broadcasting, video editing, or cloud storage.

The end use of the product, the media handling devices, are used in self-service products (Auto-Teller Machines for the Banking Industry).

Requirements

A Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons 2:1 or better preferred).

• Strong understanding of Mechanical design principles and technologies.

• Minimum 10 years’ experience developing or supporting complex mechanical products such asHigh speed, document feeding, transportation, sorting & stacking mechanisms.
• Autonomous, fault tolerant media handling systems under the impact of climatic variations.

• Expert CAD Skills (ProE/Creo or Solidworks)

• A good understanding of mechanical drive systems

• Ability to co-ordinate multiple projects simultaneously

• Drawing, dimensioning & tolerancing experience

• Stress and Tolerance analysis experience

• Design of Mechanisms experience would be an advantage

• Experience with Rapid prototyping technologies

• Experience performance metrics to identify and implement data driven improvements

• A customer focused attitude and a sense of urgency around all activities

• Sets high work standards for the team to follow and be an excellent communicator