Mechanical Design Engineer – Electric Drives Group Job in Shirley, England

Mechanical Design Engineer – Electric Drives Group Job Description

Mechanical Design Engineer – Electric Drives Group
 
Business/Department: TEE - Electric Drives Group
Location: Shirley
Salary: Dependent upon experience

The Role:
 
An exciting opportunity to join a world-class team responsible for delivering 10 million high-performance brushless motor-drive units per year for automotive electric steering. TRW is one of the world’s largest producers of electric steering systems supplying a wide range of vehicle manufacturers. The motor-drive for these products is designed in TRW’s prestigious technical centre in Solihull, with over 40 years of high tech R&D combining the best aspects of university research and industry.
 
The design of electric steering systems is extremely challenging requiring safety-critical servo-drive performance at automotive costs. TRW leads the field in many areas of design and research, and employs cutting-edge motor design technologies such as segmented stator assemblies, sensorless control and advanced noise reduction.
 
This is a very fast-paced sector requiring advanced product-design and problem-solving skills for programmes with short design cycle times and high production volumes. The role involves mechanical design of electric motors to achieve optimised manufacturability to demanding safety and quality standards.
 
What you’ll do: 

• Design and create subcomponents and assemblies for safety-critical electric motors
• Carry out analysis of design through calculations, simulation and correlation
• Support FMEA activities
• Deploy relevant design, development and problem solving tools to achieve ‘Right First Time’ solutions
• Support the design cycle from concept to product launch
• Support TRW in-house motor manufacturing to improve and maintain manufacturability

Mechanical Design Engineer – Electric Drives Group Job Requirements

What we are looking for:
 
Essential:

• Mechanical/design engineering degree
• Experience of mechanical design and analysis with a good appreciation of manufacturing technologies
• Geometrical tolerancing skills
• Flexibility to adapt in an exciting fast paced working environment

• Experience of developing products
• Finite modelling skills or awareness
• Experience of electromechanical components and interfaces ideally for rotating machines
• Experience of high volume manufacture of electric motors

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