Senior R&D Product Design Engineer

CREGG Group; Munster; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

CREGG Group is seeking a Senior R&D Product Design Engineer for a Clare-based role focused on human factors, ideation, and medical device packaging.

The role involves wearable device design, CAD, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration with Industrial, Mechanical, and Electronics teams. Strong CAD skills, especially SolidWorks, and 3D printing interest are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 8 degree in Product design/Mechanical design or equivalent engineering discipline.
• 4 years of experience in Product design engineering.
• Background in life sciences or medical devices is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of CAD; SolidWorks preferred.
• Interest in and experience of 3D printing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and customer-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design feasibility, requirements capture, architecture, design, implementation, integration, and verifications.
• Design of fabric and adhesive wearable products.
• Design of housings and enclosures for electronic-based products.
• Prototype development and test; proof of concept design.
• 2d and 3d CAD drawing set development.
• Present ideas to internal teams and external customers.
• Interact on customer-facing projects and mentor team members.
• Prepare Project Management Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.

Skills

Customer-facing

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Product design/Mechanical design or equivalent engineering discipline

Tools

SolidWorks

3D Printing

Job description

Our Clare based client are presently recruiting for a Senior R&D Product Design Engineer.
The Senior R&D Product Design Engineer will be responsible for human factors & user focused design, ideation, concept development, rendering, prototyping, CAD, material selection and documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in design feasibility, requirement capturing, architecture, design, implementation, integration, and verifications.
• Design of fabric and adhesive wearable products.
• Design of housings and enclosures for electronic based products.
• Proof of concept design and prototyping.
• Prototype development and test.
• Designing plastics for injection moulding.
• Design finalization through to launch in manufacturing.
• Work in the development of sensor based wearable devices for the health sector.
• Work with cross functional teams such as Industrial design, Mechanical design, Electronic and Quality engineering.
• Evaluate and implement designs to ensure that all agency requirements ( FDA, CE, etc.) are being met throughout the process.
• 2d and 3d CAD drawing set development.
• Present Ideas to both internal team and external customers.
• Interact on customer facing projects.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to product design and mechanical team.
• Preparing Project Management Plans incorporating Scope, Schedule, Cost, Risk, Resources etc by using project management methodologies and by working with appropriate functions to understand effort needed.
• Directing project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum Level 8 degree or higher in Product design/Mechanical designor equivalent engineering discipline.
• 4 years of experience in Product design engineering.
• Background in life sciences or medical devices an advantage.
• A strong knowledge of CAD. Solidworks preferred.
• Interest in and experience of 3D printing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to demonstrate creative thinking to solution design.
• Customer-facing experience is essential, as this position will be dealing directly with customers and/or partners.