# R&D Engineer (Junior/Graduate)

Introduction You've earned your engineering degree. Now it's time to engineer something that makes a difference! Are you a recent Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering graduate with a passion for innovation, product design and problem-solving? Do you want to move beyond textbooks and put your engineering knowledge into practice? KWIKOT (HAIER) SA is looking for an ambitious Graduate R&D Engineer to join our Research & Development team! This is an exciting opportunity to launch your engineering career with an established leader in water heating solutions, where you will gain practical, hands-on exposure to product design, 3D CAD modelling, prototyping, engineering testing and product development. Working alongside experienced senior engineers, you will contribute to the development and improvement of innovative water heating products, learn industry standards and gain exposure to the complete product development lifecycle. From turning concepts into 3D designs to building physical prototypes and participating in product testing, you'll have the opportunity to see your engineering ideas come to life. This is more than your first engineering job – it's an opportunity to build t

- **Id**: 4189846
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kwikot-haier-rd-engineer-juniorgraduate>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T07:24:51Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T07:24:51Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4819
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4539872
- **Name**: Kwikot (Haier)
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kwikot-haier>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **Siemens NX** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T18:59:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: seen:1, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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