Product Design Engineer

Benefits

• Blended Working
• Bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28)
• Option to buy holiday days
• Wellbeing Programme
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Referral Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Free Parking

This role will be based in Cardiff.

Reporting to the Design Manager, this is an exciting opportunity for a creative and driven designer or engineer to join our dynamic Development team within Eakin R&D. The role will lead functional design projects and work within multi-disciplinary teams on product development programmes.

The diversity within the Group product portfolio will provide excellent opportunities to work on outcome-driven device development to support all our ostomy and respiratory businesses.

To be successful in this role, the candidate will likely come from a product design or development engineering background.

• Collaborate with Product and Insights Team to identify desired outcomes and unmet needs.
• Work with Products Insights Team to translate user insights into user specifications and product requirements.
• Apply innovative design methodology to develop product concepts to address desired outcomes.
• Refine concepts through prototyping, functional lab testing and evaluation.
• Use CAD software to create and review detailed designs and drawings.
• Project management including planning, budget and resource control.
• Contribute as a team member to allocated work-streams within development projects, to meet project targets and ensure end-product meets customer expectations and operational needs.
• Provide input and author technical reports and design documentation for internal and external users to review, ensuring that the content is accurate and informed.
• Adopt a continuous improvement approach by proactively seeking out personal development opportunities by learning and attending training courses to ensure department has right skills to deliver business needs.
• Build relationships with external consultancies and academic institutions, working on product development projects and improve internal technical and design capabilities.

• Ensure all design and development documentation is completed in line with the quality management system and medical device regulations.
• Ensure regulatory compliance throughout the development process, for example undertaking product risk assessments.

• Required to make decisions within remit above and to elevate issues with significant risk/implication to relevant senior management.
• Use a range of standard and well-established methods to guide decisions and ultimately establish themselves as a thought leader within the company.

• To adhere to the company’s Equal Opportunities policy and Dignity at work policy in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible.
• To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the company’s Health and Safety policy.
• To adhere to the company’s Quality policy and Environmental policy.
• To undertake other duties as may be reasonably required.

• Educated to Degree level in Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical or similar engineering qualification.
• Proven project management experience.
• Able to demonstrate expertise in understanding user requirements, developing ideas, turning them into concepts and refining them into commercial products.
• Proficient in both 2D and 3D CAD / surface modelling systems, preferably Solid Works.
• Practical experience of plastic injection moulding, injection mould design and other manufacturing methods.
• Experience in Photoshop / Illustrator, sketching and 3D rendering to visualise concepts/products.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Able to demonstrate working knowledge of experimental diligence and the ability to collect, analyse and interpret data.
• Experience of incorporating inclusive design in product development.

• Experience gained in a medical device company.
• Further Post Graduate qualifications such as a Masters degree in a design based subject or equivalent.
• Experience in the following:
• 3D printing and other…