Senior Mechanical Engineer; Specials

Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer (Specials)
The Senior Mechanical Engineer position at Taylor Hobson is an integral part of the company's innovative and forward-thinking Research and Development department. This position involves working new technology on range of ultra high-precision instruments, often designed to achieve nanometer accuracies, presents a valuable opportunity to expand your expertise within an innovative technology sector.

Key Responsibilities:

As a key member of the R&D team, reporting to Project lead/Principal Mechanical Engineer, the Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible and accountable for:

Deriving the mechanical performance specification of the mechanical assemblies using overall system functional requirements

The design and validation, and timely manufacture of the assemblies using our onsite manufacturing capabilities and external supply chains

Generate the necessary supporting documentation to introduce the product into manufacturing and service.

Modification TH instrument/fixtures/accessories for customer applications to meet their specific requirements.

Define mechanical specifications for assemblies according to system requirements, carry out design, validation, and support for production for new products, and prepare necessary documentation for manufacturing and service introduction.

Requirements for Consideration:

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the overall project requirements and deliverables. Design solution concepts with design reviews which will include health and safety, risk assessments, and customer operating considerations.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the overall system performance requirements and derive the metrology error budgets for each of the main instrument functions

Suggest mechanical solutions and manufacturing methods for above, supported by calculations and FEA analysis as appropriate.

Suggest efficient methods of assembly and validation methods for above.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the evaluation plans and expected results with suggestions for life testing and servicing.

Oversee more junior/sub-contract Mechanical Engineers within the  able to take lead in Mechanical project design reviews.

Work closely with Business Development and Operations on new and existing developments.

Required Essential

Skills:

Proven track record in product design

Experience of design of small mechanisms

Knowledge of drives and controls

Sound knowledge of manufacturing engineering, materials, methods, and processes

Demonstrable, thorough, analytical skills reinforced with practical problem-solving abilities

Proficient in the use of the following tools:

CAD (at least on of the following SW, NX, Catia, ProE)
MS Office or similar

Desirable

Skills:

Experienced gained in the precision engineering/machine tool industry or Optics industry and production of product support documentation

Knowledge of fixtures or Kinematic principles

Knowledge of small precision machined manufacturing processes and materials.

Some applied experience with math package e.g. MATLAB, Mathematica etc.

Required Personal Attributes:

Confidence and intelligence, with the ability to mentor more junior engineers and oversee contractors.

Flexible approach to tasks provided and the ability to investigate problems with an open and enquiring mind.

Qualifications or Relevant

Work Experience:

Degree Level education in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with at least 5 years’ experience in design/mechanical engineer
* role from concept through an end-to-end product lifecycle.

Sound knowledge with proven track record of manufacturing engineering, materials, methods, processes, and quality systems
* Precision engineering role desirable but not essential

Future Development Opportunities:

Development to reach Chartered status

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