Hands-on Mechanical Design & Product Validation Engineer

Vickerstock; England; Presencial; GBP 45.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual bonus

Health and life cover

Excellent wider benefits package

Descripción de la vacante

Vickerstock is recruiting a Mechanical Design / Product Validation Engineer in West Tyrone to move beyond CAD-centric work into hands-on testing and practical engineering.

You will develop test and validation plans for machinery, lead practical testing across projects and use instrumentation to collect and analyse data.

This role suits engineers with strong problem-solving ability, a degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics, and a desire to influence product development from concept through production.

Formación

• Mechanical Design, Project Design, Product Development or similar Engineering experience.
• Experience with complex machinery, equipment or manufactured products.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design and engineering principles.
• Good 3D CAD experience.
• Ability to understand engineering drawings and technical information.
• Strong practical engineering and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to analyse technical information and make engineering recommendations.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering or another relevant Engineering discipline.
• Experience with hydraulics, structural design, electrical/control systems, FEA, instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition or product testing would be advantageous.
• Previous formal Test or Validation Engineering experience is not required.

Responsabilidades

• Work closely with Design and Project Engineering teams to understand new and existing product designs
• Develop test and validation plans for machinery, systems and components
• Lead practical product testing across engineering projects
• Determine appropriate testing requirements and methods
• Set up and use engineering test equipment, instrumentation and sensors
• Collect, analyse and interpret engineering test data
• Use test results to identify problems and recommend design improvements
• Support new product development from design through testing and into production
• Investigate product failures and support root cause analysis
• Contribute to design reviews and ongoing product improvement

Conocimientos

Mechanical design

Problem solving

Engineering analysis

Read engineering drawings

Team collaboration

Educación

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Mechatronics/Electrical)

Herramientas

SolidWorks

3D CAD

Descripción del empleo

Vickerstock is recruiting a Mechanical Design / Product Validation Engineer in West Tyrone to move beyond CAD-centric work into hands-on testing and practical engineering.

You will develop test and validation plans for machinery, lead practical testing across projects and use instrumentation to collect and analyse data.

This role suits engineers with strong problem-solving ability, a degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics, and a desire to influence product development from concept through production.