Summary: Extensive experience in project led mechanical engineering design, North Herts, to £excellent.

Our client is a world leader in the design, development and implementation of advanced automation systems for the life science research industry. They are looking for your experience and talent as a mechanical engineer to solve complex problems by utilising your strong design and development skills. They need your innovation and ingenuity to help develop unique, enabling technologies for a variety of bioscience applications. Their products cover a wide range of bioscience challenges.

Whilst your prime aim is to provide engineering excellence, the key components of the role are:

· Understanding customer requirements: You will work closely with potential customers and their business development team to define their needs for a particular system development.
· Developing potential solutions: You will develop conceptual solutions to meet customer needs whilst working closely with key stakeholders.
· Leading small multi-disciplinary teams: You will lead from the front, working within quality, time and cost targets.
· Installing and commissioning: You will have the opportunity to follow through all the way from initial design to the final commission on site.

You must have proven extensive experience in a project led engineering design environment, coupled with at least a 2:1 degree in Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering from a top university, with a strong mechanical bias. You can easily draw on your experience of conceptualising, developing and commercialising complex systems or scientific instruments for low-medium volume manufacture containing hardware, electronics and software. You understand robotics, materials handling, mechanisms and ideally plastic moulded components. In addition, you are commercially astute, a good team player and an effective leader.

Keywords: Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Instruments, Automation, Control, Robotics, Team Leading, Hertfordshire, Cambridge.

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