Job Description

Design engineers study, research and develop ideas for new products and the systems used to make them. They also modify existing products or processes to increase efficiency or improve performance. They work on almost every consumer product imaginable for large-scale production, from telephones and medical equipment to kitchen appliances and car engines.

Design engineers are not only concerned with making products that look good and are easy and safe to use: they are also concerned with ensuring that the product can be made cost-effectively and efficiently. Typical tasks include:

studying a design brief
thinking of possible design solutions
researching whether the design will work and be cost-effective
assessing the usability, environmental impact and safety of a design
using computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-assisted engineering (CAE) software to create prototypes
collecting and analysing data from tests on prototypes
modifying designs and retesting them
writing regular progress reports and presenting them to project managers and clients

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