Designer

at  Daikin Europe HQ

Daikin Europe NV (DENV) is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Limited, a Japanese outstanding company and worldwide the biggest developer, producer and supplier of HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) solutions, including heating pumps and cooling technology.
DENV is Daikin’s sales, R&D, and production headquarters for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. The headquarter has Belgian offices in Brussels, Ghent and Ostend, as well as 8 production plants, 24 sales subsidiaries and offices and a whole network of independent distributors and dealers across the EMEA region.

YOUR ROLE

As a Designer within our EMEA Development Centre, you will be involved in the development of heat pumps, refrigeration systems, commercial air conditioning and ventilation products, taking account the requirements of the different stakeholders (customers, manufacturing, (after-)sales,…).
The EMEA Development Centre headquarters is in Ostend and Ghent. This vacant position is located in the Ostend office, although a permanent move is planned towards the Ghent office by March 2025.
Within the CAD environment (re)design HVACR products. The currently used package is Solid Edge (3D/2D), but on short term a migration is planned to Siemens NX.

CORE TASKS IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS

• Design a wide range of parts (piping, sheet metal, insulation, plastics, packing, labels, wires,…) according to specific Daikin methods;
• Make 3D design and 2D drawings to prepare for prototype parts ordering and for mass production;
• Make specification drawings which are used as input for marketing data;
• Maintain the Bill Of Material by using specific Daikin designed system;
• Determine your own work-plan autonomously while taking the global project planning into account, in consultation with the project leader and team members;
• Learn to understand the limitations of machinery and the process of DIE-making, including the production of various components such as sheet metal and plastic, follow the design standards established by EMEA Development Centre.
• Join project meetings to report on the progress;
• Join the prototype making process (e.g. parts ordering; actual building) and witness the designed prototype in our prototype shops on site; Evaluate your design and modify if required;
• Together with the other project members analyse the result of a prototype evaluation test and propose modifications in the design when required;
• Equally important is your role as contact person between EMEA Development Centre and other departments such as Procurement, Quality, Production and with external suppliers, whereby you will acquire a good insight to the whole Daikin production process.