Design Engineer
- Hailsham, East Sussex
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary: Competitive, DOE
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37 hours – An element of flexibility as to when hours are worked
Benefits: A competitive salary, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice company pension, life insurance, a state-of-the-art working environment!Take Your Career to the Next Level with VACGEN!For over 60 years, VACGEN has been driving innovation in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) technology, supporting cutting-edge research across the globe. From NASA and the European Space Agency to CERN, our high-precision products are trusted by world-leading institutions and researchers to deliver results.We are now recruiting for a Design Engineer to develop marketing leading new and improved products with a competitive advantage!You will develop and support the engineering team to become the driver for competence, quality and innovation.Additionally, as our Design Engineer you will:
- Provide focussed, quality support, including the use of 8D reports.
- Introduce 1 new product per engineer per year.
- Establish and implement training plans for each engineer.
- Lead and drive for new / improved products that the market needs, based on solid customer interaction.
- Control all projects using MS projects.
- Manage NPI projects using the NPI funnel from concept to product launch.
- Co-ordinate and lead client and third party visits.
- Seek engineering cost reduction opportunities and plan the implementation and delivery.
- Perform feasibility studies on new products or projects.
- Previous experience in manufacturing high precision mechanical engineering.
- Experience in the launch of at least 3 – 5 new products.
- Experience with direct customer interaction (including travelling).
- UHV market knowledge with both customers and suppliers.
- Experience working with computer data systems (ERP).