Principal Design Engineer

About us: 

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work better. We’re driven by progress and thrive on the challenge of relentless improvement. We’re growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations, and more people. 

We push the boundaries of what others have defined as possible. Our engineering approach starts with different thinking. Then we continuously refine our ideas – unwilling to compromise and driven by an obsession for finding a better way. Today we employ more than 5,800 people around the world in software engineering, mechanical engineering, and science-related roles. 

Our product development teams take radical new ideas and develop them into reality. They explore the limits of our technology and optimise it through relentless experimenting, testing, and iterating. Our New Product Innovation team is our ideas centre. It identifies new problems and develops concepts to solve them with disruptive and ground-breaking technology. Our New Product Development team takes these concepts and works closely with our global engineering and production teams to turn them into machines that are ready to launch. It then develops new ways to test and evaluate performance, to accurately position our technology against our competition. The teams collaborate with Research specialists, downstream RDD teams along with a range of satellite teams to form complete concept proposals and business cases that can be presented to executive stakeholders, including James and Jake Dyson. 

About the role 

Principal   Engineers are our technical leaders, trusted to solve our most complex and   critical engineering challenges. They make high value, high impact technical   decisions and recommendations, demonstrating exceptional technical management   and leadership skills. They set and uphold our high standards for technical   excellence.    

Principal   Engineers partner with people leaders to build our capability in process   & tools, They ensure that we capture, develop and share our technical   knowledge, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.  

As a trusted technical leader, the Principal Engineer role models the   Dyson values and foster a high performance culture. 

Requirements Management: Promote the adoption of   requirement management practices and support project teams in integrating   best practices into their work processes. Contribute to the creation of   design requirements and identify missing requirements that are essential for   project success.  

Project Influence: Influence project milestones,   build schedules, and tooling release schedules based on technical risk   assessments and project maturity levels. You will lead in the resolution of   business-critical technical issues, ensuring clear and transparent communication   with key stakeholders. Actively participating as presenter, adviser or   independent reviewer in design and technical reviews. 

Technical Guidance: Provide guidance and mitigation   strategies for key design issues during all stages of development and   production ramp-up, including helping to identify and support the resolution   of NUDDs (New Unique Difficult Different) components and assemblies. 

Risk Management: Proactively support risk   identification and mitigation efforts across the category. Advise on best   practices for mitigations through the application of in-depth engineering   knowledge, including design best practices and robust testing. 

Quality Management: Working within and   promoting/ensuring adherence to Dyson Processes, Quality Management system,   standards, and regulatory requirements. 

Department Development: Mentor and contribute to the   technical career development of team members. Disseminate technical knowledge   to aid in the growth of individuals and the department. Lead or contribute to   department or functional level change projects as needed, supporting efforts   to enhance organizational efficiency or develop new capabilities. 

Process Improvement: Challenge, reinvent, and   implement best practices in our tools and processes. Continuously capture and   build knowledge in our current and future core disciplines. 

About you: 

 You should have: 

•  A   degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Mechatronics Engineering or   equivalent.
• Have   a strong academic or technical background with a proven record of technical   management and leadership, including making high-value technical decisions. 
• Strong   knowledge and application of Systems Engineering, Requirements Management,   Risk Management and Design Engineering methods within consumer/regulated   product or medical device industry. 
• Exceptional   analytical and problem-solving ability using a variety of methodologies. 
• Strong   leadership abilities and excellent communication skills both written and   verbal. 
• Excellent   mentoring and team development skills. 
• Meticulous   mindset with a focus on quality and compliance. 
• Passion   for creating innovative and impactful products 
• Experience working in a 3D CAD design environment 
• Experience with GD&T and 2D drawing review 
• The skills to communicate your ideas to others within your team and across a business 

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.