Mechanical Engineer Senior

Johnson Outdoors (ZA); KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultipro in KwaZulu-Natal seeks a seasoned mechanical design engineer to independently create innovative product designs from concept through initial production, aligned with company strategy. You will develop and maintain product timelines, design improvements, write specifications, evaluate prototypes, and collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers to deliver high-quality consumer products.

Role includes project management, ECO documentation, tooling cost estimation, and ensuring design

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD systems (Solidworks) with productive skill sets to meet all facets of design.
• Advanced knowledge of material science with primary disciplines in plastic injection molding, die-casting and sheet metal fabrication and processes.
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in mechanical design engineering within consumer product design.

Responsibilities

• Independently creates innovative new product designs in response to new concepts, leading development from concept to initial production.
• Constructs and maintains new product timelines, including required external resources and project milestones.
• Designs and develops improvements to existing products to enhance performance, reliability and manufacturability.
• Writes product specifications, produces prints and documentation, and defines testing verification methods to source and inspect the product.
• Conducts feasibility evaluations, cost estimates for development, tooling, and unit production, and documents results.

Skills

3D CAD

Materials science

Tools

Solidworks

Job description

• Independently, creates innovative new product designs in response to new product concepts through development and initial production efficiently and effectively based on thorough knowledge of company strategy and needs and advanced design skills. Constructs and maintains new product timelines, which include required external resources. Additionally designs and develops improvements to existing products.
• Recommends manufacturing (MFG) and design fabrication/construction applicable to best practice. Troubleshoots design obstructions and provides cost effective solutions.
• Performs prototype design experimentation, rapid prototype, and conventional prototype fabrication. Evaluates prototype design(s) for performance and reliability.
• Writes products specifications and provides prints documentation and testing verification methods to source and inspect the product. Ensures the product meets specifications and publishes testing results.
• Conducts and documents technical feasibility evaluations, qualifications field and competitive testing to verify the design. Formulates development, unit, and tooling cost estimates.
• Performs advanced troubleshooting of mechanical design issues during development after the production start. Collaborates with various internal teams to resolve issues and ensure the development of a quality product that supports company and consumer needs.
• Produces project documentation that includes prints, engineering files, supplier communications and Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s).
• Assists operations and outside suppliers through new product development stages of new products with tooling, process methods, assembly plans and forecasting capacity requirements.
• Manages a variety of moderately complex to complex projects from concept, design, and through completion. Develops timelines and ensure project success by maintaining timeline targets, budget responsibilities and quality requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience

Required

• Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD systems (Solidworks) with productive skill sets to meet all facets of design.
• Advanced knowledge of material science with primary disciplines in plastic injection molding, die-casting and sheet metal fabrication and processes.

5 years:

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in mechanical design engineering within consumer product design.