Innovative Sheet Metal Manufacturing Development Engineer

Meridian Business Support; Clyst St Mary; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme (5% contrib)

Salary Sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Meridian Business Support seeks a Manufacturing Development Engineer to help ensure manufacturability of British-designed products within the Design and Development team. You will provide manufacturing and assembly guidance across new product design and prototype iterations to drive robust, repeatable and cost-effective solutions.

Key duties include advising on sheet metal manufacturing, tolerances, welding considerations, and identifying manufacturing risks early in development while supporting

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience advising on design for manufacture
• Strong understanding of sheet metal processes and tolerances, welding experience essential
• Ability to identify manufacturing risks early in design and product development

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing and assembly guidance throughout new product design and prototype iterations
• Challenge designs to improve manufacturability and repeatability
• Assess tolerances, access, fastening methods, material selection and other design considerations
• Ensure production engineering initiatives are implemented in designs (cost reduction and optimisation)
• Support pre-production builds

Skills

Mech Eng deg

DFM experience

Sheet metal expertise

Welding knowledge

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Meridian Business Support seeks a Manufacturing Development Engineer to help ensure manufacturability of British-designed products within the Design and Development team. You will provide manufacturing and assembly guidance across new product design and prototype iterations to drive robust, repeatable and cost-effective solutions.

Key duties include advising on sheet metal manufacturing, tolerances, welding considerations, and identifying manufacturing risks early in development while supporting