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Student Mechanical Design Engineer

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Location

Havant

Type

full-time

Experience

0-2 years

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About this role

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

Student Mechanical Design Engineer - 1 Year Placement

Here at Apollo, we make smart devices that keep people safe from fire every second of every day. We are proud of our reputation for being a leading global manufacturer in the market for high quality fire detection solutions.

We have an exciting opportunity to join us for a student placement as a Student Mechanical Design Engineer

Responsibilities:
• To design innovative life safety products that are optimised for high volume manufacturing, manual and automated assembly, quality, robustness, reliability and ease of installation.
• Develop design knowledge of high-volume plastic injection moulded components and small metal fabrications.
• Participate in DFMEAs and improve designs to remove any risks.
• Be involved in simulations such as Finite Element Analysis (Static & Dynamic), Computational Fluid Dynamics, Raytracing, Tolerance analysis and mould flow analysis to optimise designs before manufacture.
• Follow departmental processes to ensure all designs and decisions are accurately documented.
• Resolve design issues for new and existing product designs.
• Identify, evaluate & introduce new technologies or materials where appropriate.
• Use Solidworks part & assembly modelling tools to create new designs and document with 2D Drafting.
• Update product documentation through the Design Change Order process and using a Product Lifecycle Management system.
• Checking your own work as well as other team member’s drawings and documentation for errors.
• To multi-task in a demanding and evolving environment.
• Organize and maintain existing engineering records
• Construct prototypes and confirm designs with project team
• Perform physical testing on engineering prototypes
• Ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable industry and business standards
• Work closely with our Labs team to ensure that our Products are robustly tested against all Regulations and expected Environmental conditions.

The successful student will have:
•    Completed 2 years of study and courses in relevant engineering subjects.
•    Knowledge and enthusiasm for coding
•    Great communication skills, flexible attitude and a passion for innovation.
•    Good organisation skills and be comfortable working with some degree of uncertainty.

Benefits Package:

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive benefits package alongside a competitive salary including:  

 

  • Flexi- start and finish times (1pm finish on a Friday available)  

  • Optional 9-day fortnight*

  • Training and professional development  

  • Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 10.5% (subject to conditions) 

  • Health cash plan – contribution towards health care costs 

  • EAP Workplace options  

  • Life insurance – 3 times salary and up to 6 times if you have dependents  

  • 24/7 support Healthline  

  • Free electric car charging  

  • Free onsite parking 

  • Subsidised canteen 

If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in, then we would love to hear from you!

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What you'll do

  • The Student Mechanical Design Engineer will design innovative life safety products optimized for manufacturing and assembly. They will also participate in simulations and resolve design issues while ensuring adherence to industry standards.

About Halma plc

Ocean Optics pioneered miniature spectrometers and delivers spectral solutions to researchers, OEMs and industrial customers, also designs and builds industrial-grade photonics systems for material inspection, chemical identification and quality assurance. Our mission is to lead in creating precise yet practical optical solutions that enable researchers and industry to solve meaningful problems in health, safety and the environment. We have discovered, refined and delivered new approaches to solving problems with spectroscopy and imaging technologies. Backed by deep experience, we are working within applications including academia & research, energy, environmental, food & agriculture, general manufacturing, medical technology, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and transportation. We partner with customers to achieve ambitious goals, leveraging the power of light for advancement in health, safety and the environment. OUR HISTORY Ocean Optics started in the late ‘80s, seeded by a federal grant for a marine pH sensor. As part of their work, the Ocean team needed a compact spectrometer to fit into a small, underwater housing, and were surprised to discover none existed. So, they made their own. Founder Mike Morris started the evolution of spectrometers from floor unit-sized to handheld. By 1992, the “world’s first miniature spectrometer” ushered in a new way of utilizing spectroscopy. Today, our technologies have evolved, our offering has expanded, and our customers remain vital partners.

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