Solidworks Mechanical Design Engineer – York –
£35,000 to £40,000 (Permanent, Full Time)There’s a particular kind of satisfaction in designing something that thousands of people will interact with, night after night, in some of the liveliest and most visually spectacular environments going. KO2 is working exclusively with a client who sits right at the sharp end of that world: a business with genuine engineering pedigree, half a century of it in fact, that designs and builds the complex electromechanical hardware behind large scale digital and broadcast entertainment systems. Think precision, think polish, think products that have to work flawlessly under proper scrutiny, and you’re somewhere near the mark.They’re now after a Mechanical Design Engineer to join a well established Hardware Development team based at their York site, working alongside electronics and software colleagues on products that go from a rough sketch on a whiteboard right through to full production.What you’ll be getting stuck intoGenerating mechanical designs that are genuinely inventive but also, crucially, buildable, working closely within a multidisciplinary teamCarrying products through the full development journey, from early concept and proof of principle work through detailed design and on into manufactureProducing proper manufacturing packs: component drawings, assembly drawings and work instructions, using SolidWorks alongside the usual Microsoft Office toolsGetting involved in design reviews and testing, making sure everything meets the standard the department expectsLending a hand to colleagues across product development and manufacturing when it’s neededReviewing and improving existing products, not just chasing new onesWorking to project deadlines, and mucking in with whatever else the business reasonably needs from youWhat you’ll need to bringSeveral years’ hands on experience designing products in SolidWorks, ideally three years or moreA solid working knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes and what each is actually capable of, including sheet metal work (cut and bent), hard and soft tooled mouldings, bearings and drives, electromechanical interfaces, machined and turned components, and the sensible use of off the shelf partsExperience working directly with suppliers to properly understand what their processes can and can’t doA knack for picking up legacy designs quickly and finding ways to genuinely improve themPractical workshop experience, comfortable making and modifying parts to build prototypes and prove out a designA real enthusiasm for technology and design, and an appetite for learningThe ability to talk engineering sense to technical and non technical people alikeStrong organisational skills and the discipline to hit agreed completion datesA full driving licence, and the right to work in the UKWhat’s in it for youBeyond the salary, there’s a proper pension scheme, life insurance, a cycle to work scheme, a health and wellbeing programme, free on site parking, and regular company events. There’s also genuine scope for progression here for anyone with the work ethic and leadership qualities to make the most of it, this isn’t a role where you’ll be static for years on end.You’ll be based primarily at the York site, with occasional travel down to a satellite site in the Staffordshire area, so it suits someone who doesn’t mind the odd day out of the office but wants a proper home base too.If that sounds like your sort of engineering challenge, get in touch with KO2 and we’ll talk you through it properly.
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