Join our successful in-house New Product Development team, designing and developing innovative pet products as a Product Design Engineer.
A Little About Omlet
Founded in 2004 by four product designers, Omlet is a fast-growing global e-commerce, direct-to-consumer pet product business, selling to customers across the world. With an expanding portfolio of innovative products and a growing international customer base, we have ambitious plans to become the world's number one premium pet brand.
Product Designers first, we ask so we can invent. From why house cats can’t climb trees to why shouldn’t chickens listen to music whilst laying an egg? Our curiosity creates understanding, helping us bring people and pets closer than ever before.
Our teams, including Engineering, Design, Marketing, Customer Experience, Dev and Purchasing, are all based in our creative space in Banbury. We offer a supportive, pragmatic and encouraging culture, where regular social events and a relaxed dress code create a fun, collaborative and vibrant place to work.
Find out more at www.omlet.co.uk
More about the role:
Join our successful in-house New Product Development team, designing and developing innovative pet products from our beautifully designed malthouse office headquarters in Banbury.
We are an ambitious, design-focused company, and our unique products are made using a wide variety of manufacturing processes and materials, including plastic mouldings, metal fabrications, fabric and wood.
Our fully equipped on-site prototyping workshop with 3D printers, metal-working and woodworking tools, gives you everything you need to bring ideas to life quickly and effectively. You will be given real responsibility from day one, and your input will make a tangible and measurable difference.
This is a hands-on role with variety at its core. You can expect to be involved across the full design and development cycle, from initial concept through to manufacture, working alongside a talented and driven team.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Concept design and development
- Model making and testing
- Form and colour development
- 3D CAD part and assembly modelling
- Detailed technical drawings
- Project costing and feasibility
- Design for manufacture (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA)
- Working closely with suppliers and manufacturers
- Product improvements
- Packaging design
- Engineering administration, including maintaining design documentation, bills of materials and project records.
Successful candidate requirements:
Essential:
- At least a 2:1 bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering
- 2 or more years of relevant industrial experience
- Proficiency in 3D CAD modelling, assemblies and technical drafting
- Experience producing comprehensive technical drawings
- A broad knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials, in particular plastic mouldings and metal fabrications
- A working knowledge of tolerancing, quality control, DFM and DFA
- A dynamic, hands-on, problem-solving approach with confidence in building prototype models
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheets
- An organised and methodical approach
- Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, across both technical and non-technical audiences.
Desirable:
- Experience with Onshape; experience with any comparable parametric CAD package will be considered
- Prior experience working directly with manufacturers and suppliers
- Experience in packaging design.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £34,000.00-£36,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Banbury OX16 5HX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- relevant industrial: 2 years (required)
- 3D modelling, assemblies and drafting: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
