Development Designer / Design Engineer
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Degree / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
- CATIA V5
- 10 years experience in designing models and moulds
- Previous design and/or casting experience in the automotive business will be an added bonus
- Control of mould drawings
- Provide technical support to production
- Die and product design, CNC programming for core and cavities.
- Detailed mould component design.
- Responsible for quality of the product. This position has the authority and responsibility to stop a process or shipment when the quality and safety of the product is compromised.
- Project / product management of engineering project.
- Supplying toolroom with accurate information, which includes drawings and CNC programs
- Modeling of new products as 3D solid models using CAD packages such as Pro/Engineer and Catia V5 or NX.
- Ensuring that the final product conforms to customer styling and castability requirements
- Creating tool paths from the 3D solid model for the manufacturing of electrodes and for high speed milling if required
- Liaising with the foundry on the back of spoke metal saver design and as far as the castability of the product is concerned
- Create and manage project plans
- Design review documentation and minutes of meetings
- Design FMEA documentation and minutes of meetings
- Addressing complaints and resolving problems
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