Principal Design Engineer

at  Ricardo

Overview:
Job Title: Principal Design Engineer
Location: Leamington Spa, UK Hybrid
Automotive and Industrial, part the Ricardo PLC Group is a trusted global engineering services partner for clean and efficient integrated propulsion and energy systems.
Our experience and history over more than 100 years at the forefront of mobility innovation, enables us to deliver solutions to the most complex challenges, allowing our customers across all global transport sectors to achieve a sustainable zero-carbon future.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree (Bachelor or Masters) in Mechanical Engineering or similar field or with equivalent technical experience
• Substantive experience in Mechanical Design Engineering position
• Broad range of mechanical design knowledge specialising in one of the following areas: Transmission, Hybrids, EDU’s, Electrified powertrains
• Solid understanding of mechanical engineering principles with ability to interpret FEA, CFD results and incorporate them in mechanical design
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, and their impact on design, experience with DFMA
• Ability to understand, produce and check 2D technical drawings to a high standard with high GD&T competency
• 3D CAD skills with one or more major CAD systems (e.g. CREO, CATIA, NX)
• Experience with PLM systems, Windchill preferred
• Leadership of small teams
• Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Office

PURPOSE

Ricardo’s A&I Division are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Principal Design Engineer, you will be a part of the Global Mechanical Design team responsible for leading activities in the design of a wide range of Driveline & Transmission System and Electrified powertrain products for a variety of market sectors (Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, Marine, Clean energy), from clean sheet to production.
You will take responsibility for leading a team of mechanical designers to deliver a particular mechanical system or complete product and will need to manage and work effectively with other Engineering disciplines to develop system level solutions to implement designs, that satisfy component, system, product, and client requirements. You will support the mechanical design team to grow our capabilities and skills and will cooperate with the business development team in developing proposals and responding to client queries.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Concept and definitive 3D mechanical design of systems, system assemblies and complex components such as transmission casings, rotating components, gears, injection moulded components
• Detailed mechanical design work including basic stress calculations, FMEA’s, 2D detailing, 2D layouts, Tolerance stacks as required.
• Close cooperation with FEA, CFD and Simulation teams to ensure products meet design validation requirements
• Close cooperation with manufacturing and process engineers to ensure products meet DFMA requirements
• Management of Bill of Materials
• Creation of technical reports and documentation as required for engineering projects.
• Liaison with suppliers and other Ricardo departments to ensure the required information is available when needed and customer requests are dealt with in a timely manner
• Responsibility for coaching and mentoring design engineers in design techniques and departmental processes
• Ability to take on project roles such as Chief Designer or Chief Engineer as required by projects, ability to lead small- to mid-size project teams
• Support to the business development team with inputs on mechanical design related details
• Understanding of market sector trends and market development