Mechanical Design Engineer at Valeo

Job description

• As the Mechanical Design engineer, you will form part of a multidisciplinary engineering team reporting to the R & D Manager. The incumbent will be a qualified engineer with experience in production design and project management of the R&D projects.
• As the design engineer you will work with the engineering team by drawing on their insight to evaluate and contribute your mechanical knowledge to conceptualize new R&D projects. You will also assist by coordinating and administering team members tasks for each project to deliver results timeously through effective project planning.
• The role is office bound, with minimum travel for work. Working hours are fixed, with two options available.

Responsibilities

• As the Design Engineer your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:
• Compile functional design specifications for automotive refrigeration equipment in terms of capacity, performance, efficiency, and dimensions.
• Management of open and new R&D projects from design, planning (Gantt charts), testing and administration.
• Provide technical presentations to appointed boards, management groups & staff.
• Evaluate mechanical design inputs from the engineering team members and follow the best design route based on engineering best practice, experience, producibility and cost.
• Manage ordering parts and samples, and liaison with suppliers to manufacture according to specification and within time.
• Manage, drive, and supervise the building of prototypes based on new engineering designs.
• Handover of newly designed products to the production team once design, prototyping and testing is complete.
• Project management utilizing internal project tools.

Requirements

• B.Eng/B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
• Full Product lifecycle management (concept, design, testing and product release).
• Minimum 5 years’ work experience with 3D parametric software and CAD design - Ideally in a product design or production environment.
• Sheet metal design (essential)
• 5 years’ experience in project management, especially planning and the administrative function is essential.
• Custodian of product Bills of materials (BOMs) and associated costs for R&D – Populating, updating, and reducing cost is essential.
• Manage all associated R&D engineering files – Assemblies, parts, CAD libraries, DCN files etc.
• Own reliable transport.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership traits.
• Logical, organised & analytical thinking. Solving problems by deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Excellent at verbal articulation and writing skills.
• Experience in the following will be advantageous:
• SolidWorks
• FEA analysis using SolidWorks or Siemens NX Structures.
• An understanding of the vapor compression cycle in refrigeration.
• Expert knowledge in sheet metal design and weldments. 
• Any work in the refrigeration industry.
• Any work in the automotive industry.