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Principal Design Engineer

Principal Design Engineer

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Sector:

    Technical & Engineering, Manufacturing & Production

  • Salary:

    £50,000 to £60,000

  • Contact:

    Charlotte Findell

  • Contact email:

    c.findell@europrojects.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    CF-EPR095849-EP

  • Published:

    over 5 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2018-10-20

Principal Design Engineer jobs role. International automotive engineering / manufacturing organisation. Working within an engineering design and development team on OEM customer programmes. Role is split between the design of products (pumping and hydraulic applications) and providing technical leadership / direction (not people management) to Design and Senior Design Engineers. It is roughly an 80% design focussed / 20% leadership split.      

Salary & Package: £50K - £60K dependent upon experience. Benefits include a profit share bonus, company pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and life assurance. Free onsite parking.  

This Principal Design Engineer job will suit:

  • An experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with a strong engineering design and design analysis / calculations background.
  • We are ideally seeking a Senior Design Engineer with some exposure the design and development of products involving mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies for medium to high volume quantities. 
  • We also really need somebody with experience of providing leadership to engineers working on design and development projects – not complete department / people management, just technical leadership on a project by project basis.
  • Previous experience of using Creo / Pro/Engineer CAD would be advantageous but similar CAD systems e.g. SolidWorks is absolutely fine.
  • You are likely to be degree qualified in a mechanical engineering, automotive engineering or similar engineering or science based discipline. 

Job Working Environment, Opportunities and Rewards:

  • International engineering / manufacturing organisation with a global customer base within the automotive sector.
  • 200 headcount business in the UK, this role sits within an engineering design and development team with a reputation for innovative engineering solutions.
  • Circa £50K - £60K dependent upon experience. Benefits include a profit share bonus, company pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and life assurance. Free onsite parking. 

The Chief Design Engineer job will involve:

  • You will be joining an engineering design and development team responsible for the design and development of products for customer engineering programs.
  • Role will include mechanical design; mechanical analysis (strength and fatigue); technical leadership and support to Design Engineers; CAD design; report writing.  

Reference: CF-EPR095849-EP

This Principal Design Engineer job is commutable from Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Coventry, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Lichfield, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley, Cannock.