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Location: Ulverston

A vacancy has arisen for a Development Engineer within the Technical Power & Fibre Optics Team at Tronic, based in Ulverston. 

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing technical support to New and existing Product development projects on a number of varied tasks. This role covers conceptual and detail design, analysis, qualification and production support including the generation of associated documentation for the SpecTRON and FoeTRON product ranges.

Although these positions are suited to mechanical engineers we are specifically interested to hear from design engineers with:

• HV AC electrical design and analysis skills.
• Fibre Optics experience.
• Reliability engineering knowledge and experience.

The principal accountabilities are:

• To produce CAD generated assembly and scope of supply drawings.
• To produce detail designs to comply with the company, project and/or client specification, and produce calculations and documentation to support the design solutions.
• To check and approve drawings, documents and calculations generated by other members of the team.
• To define and compile procedures for qualification testing, production assembly, production FAT Testing and site installation and the associated technical data sheets and reports.
• To provide engineering support to production and qualification departments when required.
• To represent the company in technical meetings at client or supplier facilities and exhibitions when requested.

To review project requirements and identify standard product solutions and technical guidance to enable the preparation of bid proposals.

The essential skills required are:

• Minimum of Degree qualification (HND will be considered as an alternative with the right level of experience).
• Minimum of 2 years design experience.
• Good basic engineering skills (concept design, detail design, detail drawing, tolerance stack-up analysis, design review, technical risk analysis etc).
• Good knowledge of the basic principles of engineering with respect to mechanical systems (mechanical analysis, forces, moments, stresses etc).
• Knowledge of CAD systems (experience of AutoCad 2000 and 3D Autodesk Inventor would be an advantage).
• Knowledge of FEA analysis and software would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of product testing would be an advantage.
• Ability to prioritise work load, multi-task, work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Self motivated, committed and flexible team player.
• Good communication both written and verbal and confident to communicate at all levels internally and externally.

  Closing date: 2nd March 2012.

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