Job Description

Description

Are you an enthusiastic mechanical engineer that thrives on applying your skills to the design of diverse products across a range of market sectors?

We have

A multitude of exciting projects in the medical, industrial and consumer sectors An energetic and widely experienced mechanical engineering and product design team

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional, energetic, hard-working and hands-on engineering trained individual to join our group of world class employees. If successful you will have the unique opportunity to work with clients from start-ups through to global market leaders. You will have a passion for technology and will use a combination of innovation, flexibility and technical excellence to meet and exceed our customers' often demanding requirements and tight development timescales. You will work across the product development lifecycle, from new concept generation and technology validation, through prototyping and full product development, to transfer to manufacture and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

At any one time we have dozens of active projects in the medical, industrial and consumer sectors. As a member of the Mechanical Systems and Design team, you will have the opportunity to employ and improve your product development skills on one or more projects simultaneously across sectors. Projects range in length anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years. Typical projects will use multidisciplinary skills requiring teamwork; across electronics design, software design, fundamental science and of course mechanical engineering and design. You will enjoy a variety of tasks such as concept generation activities, CAD design, prototype building, experiment design and reliability testing.

In addition, you will attend internal multidisciplinary progress meetings which will give you exposure to challenges outside of the mechanical and design field. You will also be involved with and support direct interaction with clients through regular external project update meetings.

You will have the opportunity to develop:Your experience of managing projects or work packages to tight timescales throughout the full product development life cycle Strong interpersonal and communication skills - confidence and capability in a client facing role Business development expertise by providing pre-sales input and assistance, interfacing directly with clients under the guidance of our business development team.
Your work will predominately be based at our Sagentia offices in Harston, Cambridge. There may also be opportunities to travel to client sites in Europe or USA as well as to support project work at other Science Group sites. You will enjoy a fast-paced environment in which we solve a variety of problems from different industries.

You will have:

A Degree (2.1 or above, or even a PhD) in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical Design, Product Design Engineering or Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Enthusiasm to work within multidisciplinary teams and multi-task across projects. Mechanical design experience to include the development of new products CAD design experience (preferably with SolidWorks and/or CREO) Enthusiasm to work within multidisciplinary teams and multi-task across projects

You might also have (but not essential):

If you are a more recent graduate then undergraduate Industry placement experience would also be beneficial Demonstratable medical device development experience Mechatronic design experience A working knowledge of Kinematic control issues in robotics or complex electromechanical machines would be beneficial Analytical skills ranging from tolerance analysis to employing tools such as FEA and Multiphysics modelling (COMSOL), through to first principles engineering calculations, potentially using tools such as MATLAB and MATHCAD Experience of design for manufacture and assembly Experience of designing moulded plastic components

Benefits

You will be offered a competitive salary and benefits package.

About Sagentia

Sagentia is a leading global science, technology and regulatory consultancy. We excel in research and development, regulatory and safety services, and technical programme delivery.

Combining deep technical and scientific expertise with specialist industry knowledge, Sagentia's consulting teams deliver best-in-class results against complex briefs.

Our culture is innovation-rich and outcomes-focused.