Mechanical Design Engineer at BURN

About the role

• Burn Manufacturing is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer for its new electric cooking products. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the development of a new revolutionary electric cooking product for Africa. 
• The ideal candidate will use strong technical engineering skills to create well-supported and reasoned designs. Working closely with the electrical engineering and software engineering teams they will own the final integrated design solution. In addition, they will have a strong understanding of user-centred design. They will use market and user research to inform their designs.
• As a Mechanical Design Engineer, will work closely with Burn’s production engineering team and overseas partners to bring products from concept to production.

Duties and Responsibilities:        

• Support the creation and presentation of visual concepts for new and innovative electric cooking products using a variety of visual communication methods such as sketches, digital illustrations, CAD, CAD renderings, and rapid prototypes.  
• Design and build proof of concept products to support the development process. 
• Manage product EVT, DVT, PVT and mass production with suppliers.  
• Design and develop complex assemblies that utilize plastic injection moulding, metal forming, co-moulding, and electronic component integration.  
• Support design and material choices with rigorous analysis and research.  
• Create detailed material specifications. 
• Create and manage cookware B.O.M with Burn’s production team.  
• Design and manage testing plans to answer design questions.  
• Design and create low to high-fidelity prototypes. 
• Create 2D technical drawings for communication with vendors.  
• Follow human-centred design practices when developing designs.  
• Research and develop manufacturing processes as needed to achieve product goals.  
• Creating and maintaining requirement documents, reports, cost studies, part, and process specification documentation.  
• Communicating with the respective stakeholders such as hardware and software about the project and their task herein.   
• Testing concepts and prototypes in the lab and field  
• Meet with suppliers inside and outside of KE. 

Skills and Experience:

• BFA or BA in Mechanical Design, Design Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, or similar fields. 
• Able to conduct detailed costing and BOM analysis.  
• 3 +year demonstrated work experience in relevant consumer products. 
• Proficient in SolidWorks and or Similar CAD tools.  
• Strong technical engineering skills. Able to support material and design choices with rigorous analysis from simulations to hand calculation.  
• Demonstrated experience with EVT, DVT, and PVT phases.  
• Experience managing consumer product production outside of Kenya.   
• Proficient in core MS Office products.  
• A portfolio of current work.  Candidates will be required to present work samples and or portfolio to demonstrate communication skills as well as their design skills.  
• Hand prototyping and model-making skills such as basic metal working, sheet metal, wood, foam, 3D print finishing, and painting.  
• Solid sketching and rapid visual communication skills.  
• Experience with Keyshot, and Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign). 
• Experience in UX and UI design, Adobe XD or Figma 
• Graphic design for products.  
• Integration of electrical hardware into products.