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Project Design Engineer Chippenham Up to £55k

Progressive Engineering and a Global Automotive Engineering Company, who work with Global Automotive OEM's, are looking to recruit a Project Design Engineer on a permanent basis for their Engineering HQ in the Chippenham area (Wiltshire), owing to succession planning, project pipeline and business forecast for 2024-27+.

Reporting into the Engineering Manager, the Project Design Engineer will be working directly with Mechanical Systems Engineers at Automotive OEM's to design, develop, integrate & package my client's mechanical products onto new & existing Automotive On-Highway Platforms.

Acting as the technical interface between Customer and internal Design/CAD, Build & Manufacturing Functions, the Project Design Engineer will be responsible for:

• Design study schedule, the design study budget and the consistency of the product design in relation to the specifications and customer expectations.
• Overseeing and validating the product design in compliance with the business rules.
• May manage one or several projects.
• Manages the functional analysis and product failure mode analysis (FMEA).
• Ensures the application of standards.
• Formalizes the design requirements to our suppliers.
• Presents internally and externally (customers) the adopted technical solutions.
• Contributes to maintain and develop the knowledge and expertise within the assigned area of responsibility.
• Takes an active role in technical meetings, project reviews.
• Manages plan developments and ensures the follow-up of existing products.

For this Project Design Engineer role, my client is looking for a Project Design Engineer with the following Qualifications, Experience & Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar - Aerospace Engineering, Motorsport Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering etc)
• Experience as a Project Engineer within an Automotive Environment and/or for Automotive Applications/Automotive Customers
• Sound understanding of systems level design and translation down to components
• Experience working in a customer/client-facing environment
• Experience using 3D CAD Software (Inventor, Solidworks, ProE, Creo etc) to create concept Engineering Drawings
• Experience of using CAE Analysis & Simulation/FEA Package AND Hand/Engineering Calculations to validate and prove design concepts
• Experience & understanding of Engineering process tools (Functional Analysis/Product Failure Mode Analysis/FMEA, DVP&R, DMR etc)
• Understanding of production methods (injection moulding, aluminium extrusion etc) and material properties (metal, engineered plastic & rubber)
• Experience of GD&T/Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing/BS8888

For the successful Project Design Engineer, a salary up to £55,000 & package reflective of experience is on offer and this Project Design Engineer role is commutable from Bath, Corsham, Bristol, Lyneham, Royal Wootton Bassett, Trowbridge, Castle Combe, Malmesbury, Tetbury, Keynsham, Swindon, Cirencester, Stroud and Devizes.

Some UK & International Travel is required to Customer & Manufacturing Sites for this Project Design Engineer role and my client does offer hybrid working after successful completion of the probation period.

To be considered for this Project Design Engineer role, please apply via the link below.

To find out more about Progressive Recruitment please visit the website.

Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales