Our Global client is looking for a Design Engineer or Mechanical Engineer, for an initial 6 months contract, who has experience with Electronic Consumer Goods experience.

The role will include:

Interpreting design drawings for design for manufacturing (DFM)
Managing improvement projects/changes for manufacturability, cost reduction, complexity reduction, material selection or consumer complaint reduction.
Reviewing the design of new products based on best design principles
Ensure that all improvements have been thoroughly tested and robust design verification plans are in place
Review and perform defective product investigations and establish root cause
Working with third-party designers to ensure all performance, visual and regulatory specifications are properly described and understood
Ensuring all specification and regulation requirements are captured for all markets during commercialisation handover and as new markets and continuous development changes are introduced
Implement and monitor manufacturing KPIs to ensure design and manufacturing capabilities are met and maintained.
Pro-actively introduce new design developments to maintain capability, yields, cost, specification and regulatory requirements.
Create reports and learning documents for future design improvements.

Accountabilities

Product Reliability
Product Manufacturability
Product Cost
Performance specification acceptance
Continuous improvement activities
Risk analysis and mitigation
Validation of new products

Essential Skills

3D CAD experience. SolidWorks preferable
Tolerance Stack analysis
APQP
DFMEA / FMEA analysis
8D / DPI analysis
DFM
Route Cause analysis and problem solving
Capability Analysis Review (CPK/PPK)
Operational stress and temperature analysis
Materials choice for manufacturability, operational performance and environmental concerns
Validation planning through an appropriate model
Experience with hand-held consumer electronics
Experience with plastic injection moulding
Minimum 5yrs industry experience
Working directly with suppliers / manufacturers onsite and remotely.

Nice to have but not essential

Experience with Li-ion battery failure modes
Statistical analysis (6-sigma) and Continuous Improvement planning
Cost-benefit-analysis (CBA) and Return-on-investment (ROI) justification reporting
Electronics and battery encapsulation
KPI definition and dashboard creation