Mechanical Design Engineer

Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electronic monitoring technology firm in the UK is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will focus on developing mechanical aspects of new products and supporting existing ones, while ensuring strong customer understanding and product functionality. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and at least 2 years in product design, with Solidworks experience. A commitment to quality and innovation in a fast-paced environment is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years working in a Product Design environment.
• Experience in mechanical design engineering.
• Awareness of the market environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop excellent, robust and easy to use new products.
• Ensure all Mechanical designs and calculations are documented.
• Support efforts to ensure new products reach the market swiftly.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Design & manufacture of plastic parts

Solidworks experience

Very good communication skills

Education

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering or related

Job description

Overview

Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring is the industry leading technology and service company offering law enforcement and government agencies the widest variety of cutting-edge monitoring solutions. Operating in over 35 countries, we leverage an international network of expertise and resources in order to deliver a unique solution.

With nearly 30 years of industry experience in providing innovative technology solutions and first-class service, our latest electronic monitoring technologies provide solutions that aim to ensure the safety of our communities, provide an alternative to incarceration, reduce prison, overcrowding, lower recidivism and improve reintegration.

We enable our customers to effectively monitor approximately 140,00 participants every day. This includes many of the world's largest electronic monitoring programs.

Role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team here at Allied Universal, if you enjoy a varied workload in a fast-paced environment this Mechanical Design Engineer role could be for you. Role outline detailed below:

Mechanical Design Engineer developing mechanical aspects for new and supporting existing Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring products. Contributing to all aspects of mechanical development, manufacturing and maintenance with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement with the QMS team and supporting the NPI process.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Work in team to develop excellent, robust and easy to use new products.
• Ensure that all Mechanical designs and calculations are fully documented and archived.
• Support efforts that ensure new products quickly reach the market.
• Support and drive the NPI processes to ensure a full and complete product is released.
• Work towards gaining a strong understanding of customer requirements, to ensure that products will be best in class.
• Develop new IP and ensure that it can be protected by following IP documentation and confidentiality processes.
• Maintain up to date understanding of the technology sectors applicable to the company’s current and future products.
• Ensure that all designs are fully type approved to ensure that they meet all aspects of functionality and performance defined in the Requirement Specifications.
• Provide technical support to operations and production teams to ensure product designs are understood and can be correctly manufactured and maintained.
• Providing brief weekly reports on task progress with regularly updated estimates of time elapsed and engineering effort required to complete assigned project tasks.

Key Competencies

• Mechanical Design Engineering
• Delivering performance managing professionally
• Customer thinking
• Awareness of the market environment
• Sharing & Co-operating
• Driving change

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Mechanical Design
• Design & manufacture of plastic parts
• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering or related
• Minimum of 2 years working in a Product Design environment
• Solidworks experience
• Very good communication skills

Desirable

• Right first time mentality
• Technical experience in a relevant field
• FMEA experience

Application

If you feel you have the level of experience and skills we are looking for and are excited about our role then please send across your CV. Based on the nature of our business successful candidates are required to undertake a screening and vetting process. You will be required to have the right to work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for 5 years.