Senior Engineer - Product Performance

Main Duties/Responsibilities:
1.Technical
• Able to identify the fundamental factors that contribute to the desired performance metric. • Able to utilize appropriate modeling tools to make optimization / or predictions. • Able to Analyse and make recommendation from experimental tests / analytical assessments of data, analysis should hold up to a high standard of technical rigor. • Able to design tests and corresponding test plans that efficiently seek to identify and optimize performance and stays authentic to the customers experience of performance. • Write scripts / Excel / Minitab analysis to create predictive models for performance, have the technical know-how to assess the suitability of your chosen approach and provide clear recommendations to your audience. • Able to propose design mitigations, recommendations to achieve performance targets
2.Process
• Able to formulate a good problem statement before devoting time to solving a problem • Identify, characterize, and highlight risk in a clear and concise manner • Assess the lower-level requirements that affect performance to ensure hair style and drying performance meets the claim target. • Able to weight up complex interactions between systems and provide a balanced recommendation on factors effecting performance that is best for the customer and Dysons goals.
3.Career Development
• Take ownership of career development and aim for progression into a product performance expert.
• Develop technical competencies by active involvement in projects, self-learning, and training.
• Be a contributor team member in helping the organization drive technical excellence and capability growth in delivering superior hair style and dry performance.
• Help to influence the structure and ways of working within the team.
4.Collaborate / Communication
• Collaborate with a project team to deliver optimized hair style and drying performance in line with product vision. • Communicate well with the stakeholders, present work in a coherent well documented manor. • Able to be an influential stakeholder by showing a strong and coherent work ethic and logical approach to your work. • Able to guide, influence and support more junior members of the team. • Ensure work is well document and in a state that can be referenced by all for future use.
5.Problem Solving
• Able to assess multiple arguments for a complex problem and derive the best solution, whilst managing expectation of stakeholders. • Actively challenge status quo and support improvement initiatives. Identify and develop new opportunities/tools/methods with the aim of enhancing the performance, reliability, and time to market of Dyson products.
Qualifications:
• At least a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Ideally 5+ years’ experience in product design and development, or equivalent relevant experience, lesser experience may be considered for the right candidate.
• Strong working knowledge of engineering fundamentals, measurement analysis and statistical analysis.
• Competency in Minitab, MATLAB or Excel or other data acquisition/processing tool.
• Some competencies in the use and application of CAD/CAE tools in general are preferred.
• Reasonable experience in statistical modelling such as multiple regression modelling is preferred. Interpersonal skills:
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to receive constructive feedback and coaching, and respond appropriately. Able to coach less experienced engineers.
• Proficiently communicate ideas and concepts, frequently tailoring communication to suit different levels. Ability to persuade and influence others as needed, typically within a project team.
• Ensure cooperation and interaction across diverse stakeholders, often managing familiar and less challenging internal customers. Extent of guidance or control:
• Generally characterized as an "Independent Contributor" with the ability to discover issues and recommend solutions.
• Able to work independently on the more varied and complex tasks and/or demonstrate functional leadership without direct supervision as needed.
• Shall be a role model to more junior engineers and may be expected to manage / support them when required.