Product Development Engineer
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | North Tyneside |
| Area | Tyne and Wear, England |
| Sector | Engineering & Manufacturing Quality, Lean and continuous improvement |
| Salary | Competitive Salary Commensurate with Experience and Expectations |
| Currency | GBP |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | AA TR 1620 |
| Job Views | 233 |
- Description
- COMPANY DESCRIPTION, PROFILE AND SCOPE OF ROLEOur client is a world class, global, award winning, established and growing manufacturing business, with strong and sustained investment in people, capital and plant.Working onsite, and with experience gained in a similar role, the successful candidate will be creative, motivated and dynamic. Working in a fast paced environment you will be responsible for developing suitable technical solutions from initial brief, through product design specification, design and development, test and validation with the focus on suitable and sustainable manufacturing.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES• Preparing and reviewing FMEA and PPAP plans to ensure the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP2) requirements are met and timelines are achieved• Producing new and creative product/material/application ideas, approaches, insights, and designs, which profitable, innovative, and anticipate customer needs• Conducting feasibility studies with appropriate tools e.g. FEA and recommending design or material improvements• Selecting appropriate manufacturing methods for new products/materials to ensure the start of series production (SOP) meets both customer and company objectives; provides in-life technical support and management of any product reliability and quality queries.• Using analysis to identify and implement engineering methodologies that meet design intent and product performance expectations• Applying financial awareness in process design and supplier selection• Due to the nature of the business and here will be a need to travel overseas on occasion as per the needs of the business.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, ideally materials science• Sigma or Lean Green Belt• Product design experience involving plastic/rubber and compression, injection or injection transfer moulding• Previous experience of working in cross-discipline teams• Experience of working within a high-volume manufacturing environment, ideally automotive• Programming / coding experience would be advantageous• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to persuade, influence and, when appropriate, challenge with tact and diplomacy