Staff Engineer, Transformative Innovation
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary up to £52k subject to skills & experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including private health care and company bonuses.Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands -Mira Showers, Rada and Recoup - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it is who we are.From day one you are part of the Kohler community - a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers and inspire our people. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you will instantly see that no matter the department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler.OpportunityAre you an engineer looking to grow your career? Do you love innovation & working on the next generation of products & technologies?We are seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to join our Transformative Innovation project delivery team. You will be an innovative individual with a real passion for developing ground-breaking products and you must be comfortable pushing the boundaries of what is possible with your broad engineering experience. As a Staff Engineer in Transformative Innovation you will identify, evaluate, develop, & create new products & technologies that revolutionise the Kitchen & Bath industry.Specific Responsibilities
- Initiate & successfully complete Transformative Innovation projects and engineer highly innovative products.
- Lead the development of new ideas and insights which will drive innovation within Kohler Co. including delivery of technology demonstrators and high-quality proof-of-concepts
- Create and execute design solutions, using engineering fundamentals and logic backed up by practical technical problem solving, to support the development from a blank sheet or an idea to polished proof-of-concept and beyond!
- Design new products and technologies, collaborating with suppliers and operations personnel to ensure manufacturability at competitive costs.
- Ownership and delivery of assigned work packages to a high quality and on time.
- Creation, evaluation and testing of design solutions and competitor's products, producing reports on findings.
- Research of relevant technical developments from various sources including technical literature, suppliers, standards authorities, IP & Patents etc.
- Proactively collaborate outside of the core project team to ensure all necessary compliance & legislation requirements are considered within design solutions.
- Compilation and entry of supporting data such as: product BOMs, design record files.
- Working within the guidelines of departmental and company policies, procedures, and work instructions. Research of relevant technical developments from various sources including technical literature, suppliers, standards authorities, IP & Patents etc.
- Qualified Mechanical Engineer, who has gained experience through either apprenticeship or higher education, i.e. HND, degree, or with intern and/or co-op experiences. Will have several years relevant experience.
- Proven experience in a relevant industry with a track record of taking complex technical solutions and creative ideas through to commercially successful products.
- Possess the ability to apply engineering theory and logic, balanced with a hands-on, creative approach to problem solving and an eye for innovation
- Highly motivated and self-driven with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Passionate about new technology, naturally inquisitive, and driven to identify and solve engineering problems.
- Appetite for learning about new technologies and methodologies and integrating them into product ideas and designs.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Multi-disciplinary team working. Strong team player, able to work on their own initiative.
- Innovative approach to problem solving.
- Capable of supporting the delivery of high-quality proof-of-concepts within tight timescales.
- Working knowledge of FMEA's, DFA, CFD, FEA and Moldflow
- Designing for various manufacturing processes: injection moulding, machining, forging, casting etc
- 3D / 2D CAD, preferably Creo Parametric
- Appetite for rapidly learning about new technologies and methodologies and integrating them into product ideas and designs
- Demonstrate commercial aptitude in understanding feasibility, desirability and viability whilst also considering time, cost, and quality factors within projects.
- Highly self- motivated, proactive and results driven with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Possess the ability to bring a fresh perspective and recognised by others as a disruptive, creative thinker
- Experience of Engineering leadership of a project
- Confident managing multiple and often competing priorities
- Experience working in a sprint environment
- Working knowledge of electronics and electrical systems
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