Design Engineer Oxford, England
Job description
Evolito was spun out of YASA Limited to exclusively industrialise the next-generation electric motor technology and IP for the rapidly-growing aerospace market. By accelerating the adoption of electric propulsion, we will help revolutionise personal mobility and transform our towns and cities with clean, noise-free electric air transportation.
At Evolito we have developed a unique culture to drive high performance. We therefore look for Mechanical Designers who will be a good fit and join us and enthusiastically contribute both to our technical excellence and help promote culture of high performance. You will be trusted, enabled and supported to a high degree by your peers and leaders. We look for Design Engineers who are:
- Able to take a high degree of personal ownership and responsibility, are proactive
- Highly open, transparent, collaborative and generous with info and knowledge sharing
- Adaptable, flexible, and thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Driven to learn, keen on continuous improvement, and are innovative in mentality
- Friendly, supportive, trustful and respectful
- Enthusiastic and positive, embracing constructive challenges
- Clear communicators who can justify decisions with clear reasoning and evidence
Key responsibilities will include:
- Ownership of design and development of parts and assemblies of our motor and controller products
- Developing design solutions through full product lifecycle from requirements, through concept schemes, preliminary design, detail design, support procurement, manufacture/production, test and verification and development activities
- Produce 3D cad models, 2D drawings, supporting calculations and analysis, material and production methods selection
- Supporting the development of manufacturing processes and novel designs for new technology applications and materials
- Liaising with suppliers on design and development solutions, resolving to the optimal solution
- Supporting DFMEAs and input other robust engineering management work where required to support robust, safe, high performance solutions
- Supporting new business opportunities with information, guidance and feasibility of packaging and applications of our motors and controllers
Skills and experience required:
- Degree or equivalent in mechanical, electro-mechanical or equivalent engineering sciences
- Proven experience in a design and development environment, pragmatically applying knowledge to real-world challenges
- Confident in the use of engineering basic principles for initial conceptual design
- Able to collect illicit, develop and detail requirements from ambiguity
- Confident with cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers
- Understanding of design for manufacturing and series production processes
- Experienced in the use of CAD software packages (CatiaV5/V6, NX or SolidWorks) to generate best practice 3D models to create design concepts and production intent parts
- Ability to undertake and interpret mechanical CAE studies and propose solutions/improvements to design issues
- Experience with drawing control systems such as PLM systems or SolidWorks PDM
- Independent in GD&T to ISO 1101:2017, ASME Y14.5 – 2018 or similar
- Familiarity with FMEAs and robust engineering practices, and/or willingness to appreciate working within a structured and rigorous systems engineering product development process
- Creative problem-solving abilities with an analytical approach to implementation
- Strong communication skills
- A flexible approach to work.
Desirable:
- Basic CAE analysis skills (FEM, CFD, vibration and modal) to perform simple analysis
- Experience with composite materials and dissimilar materials bonding
- Member of professional institutions such as IET or IMechE
Are you Evolito?
Please apply now for immediate consideration.
