Mechanical Product Development Engineer

6 days ago

Nelson, New Zealand SJB Consulting Limited Full time

ABOUT SJBC & POSITION OVERVIEW:

SJBC specialises in New Product Development - primarily Mechanical Products and Systems. We get involved from the product generation/brainstorming phase right through to the start of production, often leading that process.

We are looking for an experienced Product Designer / Engineer with excellent SolidWorks modelling skills who has passion for creating elegant product solutions.

We often work with product destined for medium volume production which offers you exposure to a variety of manufacturing methods and material types not commonly developed in NZ.

Some examples of our work can be found here:

GENERAL TASKS / EXPECTATIONS:

New Product Development allows a wide range of day to day activities:

  • Concept Ideation
  • Concept Development
  • Best practise modelling
  • Awareness and application of standards/requirements
  • Design for Manufacture and Assembly
  • Production Drawings
  • Documentation
  • Prototyping (we have some in-house prototyping ability as well as access to quick turn-around suppliers)
  • Virtual and Physical Mock-Ups
  • Analysis (FEA + hand calcs)

At the core we consider the Product, the Client, Maintenance and the End User.

  • Simple function also often has good form, your mechanical solution may also need to consider how it would feel to a customer or how the light interacts with it (often we have input from an Industrial Design department but we then have to champion that input).
  • Even at the conceptual stage we try consider part count, reduction in handedness, assembly variants, assembly method and maintenance as these can get baked into a design execution early.
  • We believe that you cannot develop good product without fundamentally understanding the problem.

IDEAL APPLICANT

We are a small company where efficiency and flexibility are key. We are looking for engineers who can own a design from concept through to working prototype and integrate with the rest of team. Ideally the candidate will have:

  • High level of proficiency modelling in SolidWorks with good "best practise" fundamentals.
  • 2-10 years exp in mechanical or product design
  • Good fundamental engineering skills
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Willing to work as part of a design team
  • Excellent time management
  • Open to supporting calls with EU
  • Interesting own project = bonus points

SJB CULTURE / BELIEFS

The nature of small businesses means that we do anything needed to get the deliverable across the line, this may mean some days you are operating a machine in the morning, CAD at midday and meeting with clients in the afternoon. We think this is an exciting environment where an engineer can really develop a broad range of skills rapidly. At SJB we believe in:

  • Streamlined development - Efficient convergence on the concept by applying the correct amount of resource at the correct phase with a small highly effective team.
  • Modern company - We strive to use the best tools and thinking available, from software to our way of working policy
  • Flat structure - keeps designers close to their design & engage others on a regular basis
  • Get hands on quickly - rapidly moving out of CAD is a key to our success and we encourage this as soon as possible
  • Enjoy your work - at the end of the day we need to enjoy and be interested in what we do, both in the clients we choose and our approach to the engineering

SALARY NOTE:

We are looking for a broad range of experience levels so the range is also broad - we are happy to have an open discussion around salary based on your experience.

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