Development Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Development Engineer

Location: Swindon

Salary: Depending on Experience

Job Type: Permanent / Full time

About Us: 

Torin Ltd, part of Volution Group plc, designs and manufactures highly efficient AC and EC motors, motorised impellers, and fans for the residential and commercial HVAC manufacturing markets worldwide.

About the role:

Are you an experienced Development Engineer with a passion for taking products from concept to commercial production?

Torin, a leader in engineering solutions, is looking for a Development Engineer to join our team and contribute to the ongoing success of our technical and product development efforts.

Reporting to the Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers focussed on supporting Torin's business growth initiatives. Primary duties will include laboratory testing of our products, analysis and reporting of test results, and working with the operations team to ensure that customer samples are delivered on time and to specification.

You will be responsible for planning and managing your workload, and leading product development projects from sample stage to pre-production. To deliver projects, you will be working alongside Group Technical, Production, Quality, and Sales teams to deliver market leading air-movement technology within the HVAC industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Air performance testing of products in the Engineering laboratory in accordance with the relevant British Standards
• React quickly to resolve issues as they arise and contribute to the day-to-day activity and productivity of the engineering team.
• Analysing test data, compiling test reports and relaying information back to the customer and the Torin commercial team as appropriate
• Liaison with the Operations team and external clients to ensure that customer sample requests are progressed in line with agreed deadlines
• Working with the Manufacturing and Engineering teams to ensure that pre-production issues are identified and actioned accordingly
• Supporting the Engineering Development team with the testing of new products
• Compliance with Torin Health & Safety and 5S policies.
• Support Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing activities
• Commitment to identify and progress personal development and training

About you:

• Mechanical or general engineering qualifications at degree or BTEC HNC minimum.
• Preferably 2-5 years of experience within HVAC or similar industry
• Degree qualified in electronics, electrical engineering, or related subjects
• Ability to interpret and understand engineering drawing standards
• Knowledge of motor drive electronics and PCB design would be a significant advantage
• Intermediate/ Advanced Excel, Microsoft Office Software
• Experience of working with Project Lifecycle Management systems
• Able to communicate effectively to technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to work across all levels and functions within the business and wider group
• Self-starter who is capable of planning and managing their own workload to deliver project tasks within agreed timescale
• Enthusiastic, proactive, troubleshooting attitude with a willingness to learn new technologies.

Benefits:

Dependent on experience, 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, auto-enrolment pension, Employee Assistance Programme, Boost Works discount platform.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of Electrical Design Engineer, Electrical Systems Development Engineer, Senior Electrical Product Engineer, Electrical Engineering Specialist, and Electrical Product Innovation Engineer may also be considered.