Description
As a Senior Design Engineer - Carbon Fibre Structures, you will report to the Design Engineering Manager and work on all aspects of Carbon Fibre Structures system design on future vehicle programmes.
You will work on a wide range of systems and components, such as Carbon Fibre Structures and Monocoques, utilising lightweight materials and processes like Carbon Fibre.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting new platform packaging, early concept and styling feasibility studies, and detailed design
- Representing the department in design reviews and during test and development activities
- Liaising with the design and engineering community, suppliers, manufacturing engineering, and R&D team
- Designing components to meet cost targets while achieving performance attributes and the lowest feasible weight
- Coordinating design work to deliver timely design releases
- Building support for prototypes and production
- Supporting problem-solving activities
- Developing and specifying GD&T on CAD models or drawings
- Contributing to the continuous improvement and further development of CAD modelling and product definition techniques
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A strong passion for automotive design and development
- A degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
- Sound understanding of mechanical design fundamentals
- Proficiency with CATIA V5
- Experience of high or niche vehicle Body-In-White design would be an advantage
- Good material knowledge, with emphasis on high-performance and lightweight materials
- Good understanding of bolted and bonded mechanical joints design
- Good understanding of GD&T standards
- Understanding of FE analysis techniques to drive structural design and its optimization
- Experience of CATIA V5 CPD or equivalent composites design toolboxes would be beneficial
We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus award
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year
- Generous parental leave policies
- A range of wellbeing initiatives
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