Mechanical Design Engineer

The purpose of a Mechanical Design Engineer is to design, develop, and improve mechanical components, systems, or products by applying engineering principles and technical knowledge.

This position reports to: Head Design – Mechanical Engineering

Main Responsibilities:

• Specify, design, develop and evaluate precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, subsystems or components.
• Participate in failure diagnostics processes as required for customer and product support.
• Detailed analysis of test results and where necessary failure analysis to initiate corrective actions.
• Systematic analysis of the performance of equipment, subsystems and products.
• Applying best practice methods and procedures for testing mechanical components or sub-systems.
• General understanding of the manufacturing and production processes.
• Application of measurement uncertainty calculations where appropriate or required.
• Establish best methods, practices and processes required to achieve the required reproducibility and repeatability in manufacturing CBI products.
• Responsible for regular maintenance and technical audit inspections of equipment and facilities used in the department.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric/ Grade 12
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related field).
• 3-year experience in a similar product development environment
• Thorough knowledge of product development procedures and methodologies (an added advantage)
• Develop or support software in one or more of the industry standard software languages.
• Knowledgeable in the safe use of mechanical and/or electrical equipment or systems (an advantage)
• Familiar with the principles and discipline of project management (an advantage)

Competencies