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Chief Design Engineer

Job Posted: 7 days ago

Salary: £ 65,000 - 75,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

Chief Design Engineer

Location: Near Leamington Spa (20 mins drive)
Job Type: Permanent

Syntech Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced Chief Design Engineer to lead transmission and driveline design programmes for an engineering business near Leamington Spa.

This is a senior technical role covering projects from concept through to hardware validation, alongside technical leadership and development of the wider design team.

Chief Design Engineer Responsibilities

  * Lead transmission design programmes from concept through to hardware validation

  * Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the design team

  * Lead transmission layouts and DMU design reviews

  * Act as the technical authority for design best practice and GD&T

  * Review transmission, driveline and component designs

  * Lead DFMEA activities

  * Sign off production 2D drawings and geometric tolerancing

  * Support technical problem-solving and design improvements

  * Manage technical relationships with suppliers

  * Develop technical scopes of work for customer proposals

  * Introduce new engineering technologies, methods and materials

  * Improve CAD and CAE processes

  * Ensure designs are controlled through established engineering and PLM processes

  * Work closely with manufacturing, suppliers, sales and other engineering teams

Chief Design Engineer Profile

  * Engineering degree or equivalent qualification

  * Minimum 10 years' transmission design engineering experience

  * Strong knowledge of transmission design, development, validation and testing

  * Advanced CAD modelling experience

  * Strong knowledge of GD&T and engineering drawings

  * Proven DFMEA experience

  * Experience with engineering change and PLM systems

  * Previous experience leading and mentoring engineers

  * Strong technical problem-solving skills

  * Good understanding of manufacturing processes

  * Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills

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