Mechanical Design Engineer
Date Posted: Jul 25 2011
Duration: Untill filled
Location:Aberdeen
Job Description
Mechanical Design Engineer, Sub Atlantic
Forum Subsea Technologies require aMechanical Design Engineer who will be part of a multi-disciplined engineering team that designs remote controlled electro-mechanical and hydraulic products (ROV’s) that are used in harsh environments. The Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for the mechanical design of both new products and upgrading existing products and taking a design from concept to final assembly.The position is based in Blackburn.
Responsibilities:
- Design of new remotely controlled underwater vehicles and the sub-systems of these vehicles, and other remotely controlled products.
- Modeling of complex parts and assemblies and production of detailed drawings and assembly drawings in Solidworks.
- Detailed checking of drawings, for dimensional accuracy, tolerances and presentation.
- Analysis of the equipment involving; force and stress analysis, mechanism analysis, and hydraulic and electro-mechanical analysis of drive systems involving motors, gearing and actuators. The analysis will involve hand calculations and spread sheets with Mathcad and Excel, and finite element analysis with Solidworks Simulation.
- Interaction with electronic design engineers to ensure product is designed concurrently with electronic component integration.
- Interaction with purchasing/stores/production/quality departments to ensure that parts and builds and product manuals are as per the design drawings.
- Dealing with internal and external non-compliance of parts and engineering change notices.
- Performing work in accordance with Company procedures and guidelines.
Accountabilities:
- Directly responsible for the mechanical design of new products and upgrading existing products, taking the design from the initial concept to the final assembly.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering.
- ·Very competent in the design of a product, and the design of a product for manufacture.
- ·Very competent in using Solidworks 3D CAD software.
- ·Very competent with FEA analysis and hand calculations.
- ·Very competent in modeling machined parts and assemblies of parts.
- Very competent in working with limits and fits and have knowledge of geometric tolerances.
- ·Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
- ·Team Player.
- ·Customer focus.
- ·Good IT skills with excellent working knowledge of 3D CAD software (Solidworks).
- ·Good analytical skills of static and dynamic systems.
- ·Understanding of deadline achievements.
- ·Conscientious, thorough and meticulous in detail.
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