Lead Mechanical Engineer – Instrumentation Technology
Ref:
JD 632
Start date:
ASAP
Main purpose of the job
To provide a significant contribution to major fast track medical technology development projects. The position will require you to apply your mechanical engineering abilities to the development of world-leading medical products for our clients around the globe. You will both lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams of highly talented people to develop novel solutions to complex technical problems.
Type of work undertaken by division
The Medical Technology Division undertakes the development of innovative medical devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenges. The Division’s activities fall into three focus areas:
Medical Diagnostics and Instrumentation
Surgical and Interventional Products
Drug Delivery Devices
We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team. Our work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
Specific responsibilities
As a Lead Engineer in the Instrumentation Technology Group, you will be involved in the hands-on product development and design of complex electro-mechanical systems. You will contribute to multi-disciplinary projects in teams of engineers, consultants and designers. Projects may be in any of the Division’s three focus areas. You will take technical leadership of the mechanical design effort to meet the requirements of the projects as well as providing creative solutions to problems. You will have commercial experience and awareness and, with regard to technical issues, you will collaborate with both clients and other engineers on projects. Your role may include using your strong technical expertise to liaise with clients to understand their technical needs and prepare proposals which capture these requirements. Your specific responsibilities are likely to include:
Leading design engineers to realise your technical solutions
Generation of concepts and layouts of systems in CAD
Tolerance analysis of system designs
Production of detailed drawings and manufacturing specifications
Transfer of designs to manufacture through liaison with external suppliers
Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will be a talented, creative engineer, with the ability to solve complex electro-mechanical system problems and design ingenious solutions. You will have a high level of practical experience with proven technical skills and will have significant relevant experience in an engineering design environment preferably applying a systems engineering approach to development. Applicants should have the following
An excellent first degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
Experience with electro-mechanical systems including several of the following:
Drive systems
Bulk fluids handling
Motors and Gearing
Power
Measurement
Control Systems
Excellent understanding of manufacturing techniques and assembly processes
Hands-on experience of 3D CAD (ProEngineer or Solidworks preferred)
A passion for engineering
Team leadership or project management experience
In addition one or more of the following would be beneficial:
Experience with robotics or automation
Excellent understanding of materials selection
Experience of designing for the Medical Industry
Postgraduate study in a relevant field
Practical Regulatory knowledge (QSR/ ISO13485)
We are interested to hear how your skills and experience can help us to resolve the challenges faced during the development of complex instruments and electro-mechanical medical products. However, specific medical device industry experience is not a requirement. You will be a bright, enthusiastic team player. Good communication skills are essential as a major part of your role will be interacting with clients and multi-disciplinary project teams made up of scientists, engineers and designers.
Future Prospects
Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees’careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.
Employment benefits
Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually
Bonus scheme in addition to basic salary
Flexible working hours
Excellent career development and training opportunities
Free lunches and refreshments
Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme
Pension scheme including free life assurance
25 days annual holiday plus public holidays
Assistance in relocation if applicable
Active social committee
Well equipped and pleasantly situated building on the Cambridge Science Park
Above all, real responsibility for real business problems, with good career prospects based on merit
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Company: Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Date Posted: 19 October 2011
Lead Mechanical Engineer – Instrumentation Technology
Main purpose of the job
To provide a significant contribution to major fast track medical technology development projects. The position will require you to apply your mechanical engineering abilities to the development of world-leading medical products for our clients around the globe. You will both lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams of highly talented people to develop novel solutions to complex technical problems.
Type of work undertaken by division
The Medical Technology Division undertakes the development of innovative medical devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenges.
The Division’s activities fall into three focus areas:
We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team. Our work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
Specific responsibilities
As a Lead Engineer in the Instrumentation Technology Group, you will be involved in the hands-on product development and design of complex electro-mechanical systems. You will contribute to multi-disciplinary projects in teams of engineers, consultants and designers. Projects may be in any of the Division’s three focus areas. You will take technical leadership of the mechanical design effort to meet the requirements of the projects as well as providing creative solutions to problems.
You will have commercial experience and awareness and, with regard to technical issues, you will collaborate with both clients and other engineers on projects. Your role may include using your strong technical expertise to liaise with clients to understand their technical needs and prepare proposals which capture these requirements.
Your specific responsibilities are likely to include:
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will be a talented, creative engineer, with the ability to solve complex electro-mechanical system problems and design ingenious solutions. You will have a high level of practical experience with proven technical skills and will have significant relevant experience in an engineering design environment preferably applying a systems engineering approach to development. Applicants should have the following
In addition one or more of the following would be beneficial:
We are interested to hear how your skills and experience can help us to resolve the challenges faced during the development of complex instruments and electro-mechanical medical products. However, specific medical device industry experience is not a requirement.
You will be a bright, enthusiastic team player. Good communication skills are essential as a major part of your role will be interacting with clients and multi-disciplinary project teams made up of scientists, engineers and designers.
Future Prospects
Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees’careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.
Employment benefits
To apply, send your CV to: UKrecruitment@CambridgeConsultants.com
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