Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Engineering Team who are responsible for providing mechanical, product and process engineering expertise in the development of consumer diagnostic products, working within the wider R&D function.

Position: Mechanical Engineer
Location: Bedford, Hybrid
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: Circa GBP45,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Benefits: Hybrid Working, 25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays, Competitive Company Pension, Private Medical Insurance, Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay, Free electric car charging, Life assurance and much more.

About the role

The Mechanical Engineer will provide mechanical, product and process engineering expertise to the department and R&D projects, including prototyping on-site using workshop machinery and hands-on manufacturing on the development and post-market support of consumer in-vitro diagnostic products in a GMP-compliant environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting activities on assigned projects throughout the development process ensuring core considerations for user focused design, mechanical engineering analysis, design for manufacture and design for assembly
• Generate and understand end user requirements and translation of these into ideas and concepts
• Using and promoting 6 Sigma/Design for 6 Sigma tools
• Identifying key technical and manufacturing challenges and providing resolutions
• Creating, developing, and reviewing requirement documentation
• Risk analysis, ensuring careful consideration of risks related to tasks, costs, and timelines, including developing contingency plans, and regularly reviewing and updating risk assessments and process FMEA sessions in accordance with regulatory requirements
• Interpreting data, identifying trends, and making predictions about future performance
• Planning and performing testing of development solutions, analysing results, drawing conclusions, writing reports with recommendations, and presenting these to the business
• Hands on prototyping including manufacturing and arranging for jigs and fixtures

About you

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will have technical experience in an industrial environment with experience of mechanical engineering, manufacturing, design transfer and process engineering.

You will also have:

• A relevant mechanical engineering degree or equivalent
• Experience of developing products throughout the product development lifecycle in accordance with their relevant regulatory standards, preferably within the medical device arena
• Experience of production scale up, robustness and validation activities in accordance with relevant regulatory standards
• Experience of process improvement tools and techniques, process validation, process scale up and design transfer and project management
• Experience of analysis techniques such as Tolerance Analysis and FEA
• Experience in Design for Manufacture and Assembly, root cause analysis and of process optimisation using Design of experiments and other Six Sigma tools
• The willingness to travel in the UK and abroad

About us

SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics GmbH (SPD) is a world leader in the research, design and supply of advanced consumer diagnostic products. SPD was formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Alere (now Abbott) and our brands, such as Clearblue, are recognised all over the world as providing accurate home pregnancy and fertility monitoring tests.

You must have the right to work in the UK, SPD are not able to provide sponsorship for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

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