PRODUCT ENGINEER
ELECTRIC MOTORS
HAMPSHIRE

Our client, a world leader in the design and manufacture of electric motors and revolutionary new wheel motors for the automotive and allied industries is now looking to recruit a Product Engineer for their offices in Hampshire.

In this role you will support the product design process to achieve manufacturing capability and continuously pursue opportunities for process and product improvement.

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager Automotive (OEM or Tier 1) you will be educated to degree level or equivalent in an Electronic or electro-mechanical discipline. You will need experience of Greenfield organization; manufacturing start-up; product development cycle from prototype to volume manufacture; design for manufacture and value engineering. Your experience should also include enlightened manufacturing philosophy (for example, six sigma). Excellent problem solving skills are required for this role. Successful candidates will also be self-motivated; tenacious; analytical; thorough; team-orientated and passionate.

This is a first class career opportunity for a Product Engineer to join the world leader in the design and manufacture of electric motors, industrial joysticks and control systems for electric vehicles. Our client offers an attractive salary and benefits package. Benefits include a contributory, stakeholder pension (7%/7%); Life Assurance (4x salary); private health for employee (family can join at heavily discounted rates) as well as flexible working hours.

This company is well-known for its quality products, proven reliability and superior performance. Built to the highest standards, their products are extensively used in projects worldwide. With over 30 years of experience in resolving customers’ application needs, they have pioneered servo motor engineering, including flat armature technology, with its unique, inherent benefits. Their wide range of motors and joysticks satisfy a wide range of commercial requirements as well as many defence, aerospace and mobility applications. Other typical markets include: motion control, processing, printing, instrumentation, test and measurement and office equipment.

This is a particularly exciting time to join the company. They are about to go live with a complete re-branding of the business which will see a complete new identity, highlighting the ground-breaking work they are doing in the field of in-wheel motors for the automotive industry. They are continuing a period of expansion at a time when many are seeing worsening economic times.