Design Engineer

at  Gates Corporation

DESIGN ENGINEER

Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.
Gates Corporation is an industry leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. The company has facilities around the world serving the automotive, industrial and Oil & Gas sectors. This position is part of the Research & Engineering team, based in Cramlington.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or chemical engineering.
• Master’s degree in engineering is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in R&D or 3 years of R&D experience in related product line.
• Proven track record of innovation and problem solving.
• Patent experience preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Strong technical and analytical skills in math and science with attention to detail and accuracy.
• DFSS skills including Design of Experiments (DOE), DFMEA, PFMEA, SPC, Weibull and other statistical tools.
• Ability to work affectively within a cross functional team within all levels of the organization and across global boundaries.
• Good project and time management skills.
• Customer and quality focused.

• Plan, co-ordinate, and hand over all applicable SOPs for either E&S or Production
• Design new hose build-ups and fittings using Inventor.
• Manage BOM of prototype and procurement of components to enable prototyping and ensure all parts are captured in the ERP package (e.g. SAP, DataRight).
• Applies design techniques such as DOE or statistical analysis where needed to problem solving and to optimization of development cycle time.
• Monitor cost and schedule the progress of the prototypes and preproduction runs.
• Initiate corrective action to designs or processes for technical or production purposes.
• Ensuring all Project Data is recorded and updated, proper work procedures available and maintained using Vault Pro package.