Junior Mechanical Engineer

Poynting Antennas is seeking a Junior Mechanical Engineer that will be in charge of the design, development, integration, and qualification of products and systems from concept stage to specification, qualification, 
integration, production support and Industrializing old products to improve costs.

Product Indstriallsation 
→ Product Industrialisation.
→ In-process reviews and design inputs with the R&D department.
→ Investigate and fault find current and new designs.
→ Mechanical and thermal simulations.
→ Test and qualify products against international standards: 
▪ Design and develop test methods.
▪ Draw up new product design and qualification specifications.
▪ Provide design inputs to meet required specs.
→ Improve design on current products to reduce manufacturing costs.
→ Provide production support, e.g.: assembly, test instructions, and training.
→ Develop production and test equipment including manufacturing 
documentation packs for China and local Production to verify:
▪ New Product Tooling.
▪ New and current products are made according to requirements.
▪ Liaise with Chinese and local suppliers.

Research Responsibilities

→ Research new product technologies, components, and solutions.

Product Development and Deployment 

→ Meet with Management and team to ascertain the following:
▪ Timescales
▪ Product Design
▪ Product and Document Configuration
▪ Product Budgets
→ Assist Design Team with:
▪ Product Deployment / In-house Production / Implementation at third party 
Providers
▪ Manufacturing
▪ Field Support

Administration and Reporting 

→ General correspondence and administration completed accurately and 
timeously.
→ Email, inbox, and data managed timeously and effectively.
→ Professional image maintained in all communication.
→ All reporting and feedback requirements met, and reports completed 
accurately and timeously, according to company requirements.
→ Drafting, maintaining, and ensuring adherence to departmental processes and 
standard operating procedures.
→ Supply statistics and information as requested.

→ B Eng (Mechanical) - Required
→ 2+ years’ experience in the following:
→ Conceptualization and problem solving of various design criteria
→ Proficiency in SolidWorks, Full Adobe Creative Cloud (Advantageous), and 
Microsoft Office (Compulsory)
→ Proficiency with simulation software – mechanical and thermal
→ Sketching, concept drawing, 3D presentation/rendering, technical drawing
→ Design experience in plastic fabrication, other manufacturing processes such 
as sheet-metal, injection molding, extrusion, vacuum forming as well as 
printing
→ Producing efficient designs within the framework of simplicity, feasibility, cost 
efficiency and accuracy
→ Compiling assemblies and detailed manufacturing drawings in accordance 
with acknowledged manufacturing standards
→ Compiling Part Specifications, Bills of Materials, Engineering Changes, 
Configuration changes, Work Instructions and User Manuals
→ Issuing revisions and updates to the manufacturing drawings and material lists
→ Interfacing with customers, analysing and interpreting their requirements and 
producing requirement specifications (Advantageous)
→ Providing technical support during manufacturing processes
→ The following additional experience will be highly advantageous
→ Basic Electrical / Electronic knowledge and experience
→ Hands-on experience installing electronic / IT / M2M / IOT systems

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