Job Description
Title:
Mechanical Design Engineer
Location:
Cambridge
Xaar Values:
Xaar has defined 5 values which are vital to our business; each
represents an area of essential importance to us. Their existence is
intended to guide difficult decisions and shape behaviour. They are
applicable to all of us in what we do.
Ownership
People Development
Performance
Leadership
Customers and Partners
Xaar designs and manufactures industrial inkjet printheads for sale to
printer manufacturers who then sell to a variety of different markets
ie wide format graphics (banners), ceramic tiles and labels.
The printheads are complex and incorporate a variety of disciplines
within the R&D department: mechanical, electronics, fluid dynamics,
inks & materials.
This role is responsible for designing the mechanical components that,
along with electronics, will be assembled to produce a printhead in
our world-class manufacturing facility in Huntingdon.
Role Overview:
Purpose of Role:
Reporting
Relationships:
Key
Accountabilities:
To work as part of the product development team with specific
responsibility for mechanical, functional and industrial design of the
individual components and assemblies of the printhead. The role
covers the entire lifecycle of the product from initial concept through
design, validation, field trials and release into production.
To provide technical leadership within the mechanical design function
by designing product and being a catalyst for developing design skills,
tools and techniques within R&D.
Engineering Manager
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Understand the requirements and design mechanical elements
and generate innovative and functional design concepts
Lead the development of new components, assemblies and
systems.
Work in partnership with suppliers to ensure that components
and assemblies can be manufactured by them to the dimensions
Key Internal
Relationships:
Key Challenges:
Person
Specification:
Qualifications and
Experience:
and tolerances required.
 Take responsibility for keeping Xaar up-to-date in matters of
mechanical design and design for manufacturing.
 To be regarded by peers as a specialist whose knowledge can be
trusted with a high degree of confidence
 Ensuring knowledge is captured and transferred via creation of
design guidelines and standards
 Deadlines need to be agreed and held
Mechanical / Test Engineers within R&D
Manufacturing Product / Process Engineering
R&D Functional / Project Management
Product Architect
 Understanding how customers use products and the issues they
face
 Understanding cross-functional interaction between mechanical
parts, electronics, and fluids
 Producing verifiable data to support design assumptions
 Understands the functionality of the components and ensures
that design for manufacture complements their overall function
and the function of the product.
 Takes responsibility for mechanical designs, ensuring they can be
manufactured consistently and perform consistently in the field.
 Structured thinking with use of data to prove assumptions
 Captures and details work by way of written and verbal
communication.
 Team player with ability to negotiate and influence individuals and
project teams.
 Bachelors degree 2:1 or above in a recognised engineering
discipline e.g. Mechanical / Industrial Design, Material science,
Physics
 At least 5 years experience on products of similar complexity e.g.
precision electro-mechanical, high reliability and industrial
environments
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Fully conversant with
 Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
 Tolerance analysis (worst case and statistical)
 Material selection
 Fundamental stress and thermal analysis
A structured approach to mechanical design (working with
requirements, FMEAs, problem solving, material selection etc).
Expert knowledge of solid component manufacturing techniques,
including (but not limited to), injection moulding, machining (metals /
plastics / ceramics), rapid prototyping (including SLA/SLS modelling).