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Product Development Engineer

On Target Recruitment Ltd
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Plymouth, Devon PL4 6DX, England

Salary

£35,000 - £50,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Product Development Engineer position is with a leading global manufacturer specializing in hydraulics, offering a salary range of £35k to £50k based on experience.
  • Candidates should ideally have a degree in a relevant engineering discipline, with strong mechanical knowledge and design experience, particularly using Autodesk Inventor.
  • The role involves supporting factory operations, responding to customer requests, and leading new product development projects for hydraulic systems.
  • Experience in designing mechanical products such as pumps, valves, and motors is essential, and recent graduates may be considered for entry-level positions.
  • The company offers excellent career growth opportunities, professional development, and benefits including a pension, laptop, and generous annual leave.

The Job Product Development Engineer 

The Company: 

  • A leading manufacturer and systems engineering company who operate globally 

  • Leading manufacturer within Hydraulics including Pumps, Valves, Motors & Systems 

  • Offering world class products and newly designed products and systems to the Industrial and Off Highway Hydraulic market 

  • Good opportunities for career growth and excellent training and professional development 

 

Benefits of the Product Development Engineer 

  • Salary £35k - £50k depending on experience 

  • Pension 

  • Laptop 

  • 25 days annual leave rising to 30 with service + bank holidays 

 

The Role of the Product Development Engineer 

  • You will be involved in supporting operations and helping with running of the factory, keep drawings up to date etc… 

  • You will be responding to customer requests & making changes and tweaks to existing products to fit their requirement 

  • You will also be involved in new product development such as increasing power/pressure for clients - digitalisation/electrification etc… As well as designing brand new products which will be used in the future 

  • Working with customers on prototyping, lots of project work and software development. Doing design work on AutoCAD Inventor. 

  • Design for Hydraulic Pumps, Motors, Valves & Systems as well as the software and controls etc... 

  • Work within Industrial and Off Highway, Mobile OEM, Marine etc... 

  • Writing technical reports and doing product development 

  • Lead and oversee new product development projects 

 

The Ideal Person for the Product Development Engineer 

  • Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline - ideally a masters within Mechanical, Mechatronic, Integrated, Systems Engineering or maybe Electrical/Electronic Engineering. 

  • Good Mechanical knowledge with ideally some knowledge around embedded electronics, software programming etc... 

  • May consider a straight or recent graduate at the bottom end of the salary scale, though happy with experienced person at the top end. 

  • Great if have design exp with Autodesk Inventor but MUST have design experience, not just a draughtsman. 

  • Able to design and create technical products. 

  • Consider good design/product development experience within any Mechanical products such as Pneumatics, Pumps, Valves, Motors, Gearboxes etc... 

  • Good communications, team player, good eye for detail, driven, ability to write reports. 

 

If you think the role of Product Development Engineer is for you, apply now! 

 

Consultant: Bjorn Johnson 

Email: (url removed) 

Tel no. (phone number removed) 

Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK. 

 

About On Target 

At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally. 

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