Description

As a Product Designer, specialising in product made via Additive Manufacturing, you will:

• Design impact protection gear, for sports, manual labour, and other markets, that are suited to additive manufacturing technologies.
• Develop bespoke additive manufacturing equipment to optimise the performance and production metrics of each product.
• Design products by conducting literature and market reviews, gaining a thorough understanding of the problems, and using data-driven design methods to result in robust solutions.
• Manage projects from problem / opportunity identification, through to delivery of proof-of-concept.
• Identify boundaries of novel additive manufacturing technologies and develop design rules for selected materials and processes for other team members to optimise.
• Communicate project findings / conclusions to other team members and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing impact protection gear suited to additive manufacturing technologies.
• Modifying / designing additive manufacturing hardware / processes.
• Creating physical proof of concept manufactured similarly to the intended mass manufacturing approach.
• Using data-driven design methods to develop robust solutions.
• Researching state-of-the-art technologies.
• Researching novel product innovation opportunities.
• Leading projects.
• Communicating project results to various audiences.

Requirements

• Product design skills

• Research skills

• Advanced Computer-aided design skills

• Data-driven design skills

• Project management skills

• Creative thinking skills

• Problem solving skills

• Presentation skills

• Report writing skills

• Design for additive manufacturing knowledge

• Additive manufacturing knowledge

• Sports biomechanics knowledge

Benefits

• Pension
• Our holiday allowance is 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• We give two additional days at Christmas, your birthday off and we also honour any religious holiday that you celebrate
• Generous Family Friendly policies
• Free phone case + Family & Friends Discount