Excellent opportunity for a dynamic yet detailed and inquisitive individual to join a multinational R&D team in New Product Development projects, as a Senior/Mechanical Designer, within the life sciences industry. Main responsibility lies with mechanical design and drafting, and could be involved in value engineering, cross-functional support, and lab mechanical and reliability testing. Role/Opportunity: • Design and draft functional system components as well as sub-assemblies to support the development of new products or to improve existing products • Seek balanced optimal design by taking into consideration influencing factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, interchangeability, ease of assembly and cost • Review related design output (assembly, model, and drawing) from the R&D team • Communicate and coordinate with other organizations affected by design development and changes such as operations, logistics, quality and suppliers etc • Understand and utilize industry drafting standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (ASME Y14.5M-1994) • Process Engineering Change Orders, practicing organized revision control using a PDM tool – SAP Skills/Experience: • At least 5years as mechanical designer in life science instrumentation or biomedical devices • Strong mechanical designing experience with excellent communication skills from other industries will also be considered • Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering with good analytical skills • High level experience with 3D parametric solid modeling/drafting eg. Unigraphics NX • Familiar with manufacturing methods such as machining, stamping, molding, forming, welding, brazing, soldering and adhesive bonding • Ability to work in fast paced design environment with complex project attributes, involving mechanical, electrical, fluidic and optical components • Ability to produce completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning • Ability to multitask and collaborate effectively with team members • Occasional regional and global travel required Berkley Group is a specialist search consultancy sourcing professionals for organizations throughout Asia Pacific and Europe; for more information go to http://www.berkley.com.sg If you would like to discuss this opportunity further or to discuss your career options in confidence, please telephone Wendy Cheong on +65 6595 4555 or send your CV/ profile in WORD format to [email protected]