Product Designer

Permanent

Full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary £35,000 - £40,000 dependant on experience and skills

Scope of Appointment:

This role will be responsible for the design of high-volume injection moulded sharps containers and their auxiliaries. Design for safety, sustainability and manufacture are at the heart of what we do. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, from concept development and user research to final production and regulatory approval. The successful candidate will ideally possess a strong understanding of injection moulding and medical device design principles and regulatory compliance while applying their design expertise to create user-centred, sustainable, manufacturable, and cost-effective products.

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Design and develop innovative solutions for the safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste, and prototype and test to ensure designs meet current regulatory framework and user needs.
• Utilise CAD software and your understanding of injection moulding principles to create optimised products, with a strong focus on design for manufacturing and lowest carbon options.
• Maintain accurate testing reports and present ideas to colleagues and customers at various stages of the design process.
• Set design and performance requirements based on briefs from internal and external partners.
• Own and maintain documentation required to satisfy quality management systems for product development and change control processes.
• Identify, review and improve the design of existing products.
• Review competitor products and market trends, to help identify unique selling points.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting schedule, cost, and quality controls.
• Project manage assigned projects and provide leadership for multidisciplinary core team meetings to ensure project progression.
• Design and maintain product labelling, meeting regulatory requirements.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Apprenticeship/HNC/HND in Product Design or equivalent working experience.
• 5+ years previous experience in a product/industrial design or engineering role.
• 5+ years previous experience designing injection moulding products.
• Proven ability to take products from concept through to production.
• Skilfully manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Expert in CAD modelling and document control.
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacture and Moldflow.
• Experience engaging effectively with internal teams, customers, and suppliers.
• Proficient user of the full Microsoft Office package.

Desirable

• BA/BSc degree in Product/Industrial Design (or an equivalent qualification).
• Experience of regulated product design.
• Experience in design for low cost, high volume manufacture.
• Autodesk Inventor CAD software.
• Sound understanding of layout design through use of Adobe suite (Illustrator and InDesign).
• Experience of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Personality

• Resilient and driven.
• Takes ownership and accountability.
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Consistent and flexible – able to deal with changing and competing demands.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Thorough attention to detail.

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