CAD Engineer
POLYTEC HOLDING AG
CAD Engineer
Salary Not Specified
POLYTEC HOLDING AG, Bromyard, County of Herefordshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 2880395b96734eb2a129a10ba5600ec8
Full Job Description
- Responsible for the delivery of new product designs, from the concept stage through to finished products ready for manufacture.
- Responsible for those product designs achieving tooling feasibility and design for manufacture.
- Drive creative thinking, ensure customer needs are considered and collaborate with the operations team to ensure products are designed for efficient manufacture.
- Assist in the delivery of the agreed engineering objectives established in the Annual Business Deployment Plan and considering the organisation longer-term strategy road map.
- Work on multiple major projects requiring innovative solutions that advance the technical field.
- Support the development of long range, strategic planning that will affect the Company's success.
- Ensure that Health, Safety & Environmental requirements are adhered to.
- Help implement & manage continuous improvement principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices & processes., Develop OEM Design concepts, with appropriate CAD systems, to enable the creation of 3D Models to fulfil design / styling / engineering aspirations of our customer.
- Support the management of all Design activities, where appropriate, including Request for Quotations (RFQs), Design freeze / release, Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Design Verification/Product Validation (DV & PV) testing, Engineering testing (RMDV), GD&T where required and Computer-aided engineering (CAE) if appropriate.
- Develop CAD data exchange protocols with customers, suppliers and other Group companies as required to support all aspects of tool and components design.
- Liaise closely with all departments to fully understand design requirements.
- Create and develop design / component feasibility studies.
- Identify and implement design improvements (functionality, cost, tooling & DFM) within the Feasibility Team and external Tool Makers.
- Liaise with Purchase Department to ensure effective selection of supplier for manufacture of tooling.
- Develop and maintain control systems for CAD activities to comply with BS5750 and aspire to ISO9000 design section.
- Create and keep up-to-date tool specifications which will enable suppliers to make accurate quotations based on known data.
- Improve reliability performance to reduce or eliminate warrantable issues in the field.
- Support design in-line with UK/EC/International standards and legislation.
Degree-qualified in a relative-Engineering discipline - Membership of an industry related Professional Body would be advantageous.
- 10+ years in automotive component design
- 5+ years in a Product-Development Engineering position
- Specific experience in the design/construction of IM/RIM Bumper Assemblies preferred
- Proficient in appropriate CAD systems
- Proficient in customer LCA systems.