Design Engineer Carmarthen

Design Engineer

Design Engineers are involved from the point of initial concept of a product/device.  Design Engineers design and develop the product to ensure efficiency and suitability against client specification.  The responsibilities of a Design Engineer will include prototyping and returning to the design stage as and when is necessary, alongside project managing the whole process including managing the budget, time scales and interacting with the client to ensure match to specification.

Design Engineers work in many different sectors but the most prevalent roles within the medical device industry are as below;

Mechanical Design Engineer – Responsible for the lay out and assembly of mechanical (moving) aspects of the design. Making adaptations to equipment in order to modify to fit design and specification. Mechanical design engineers use computer aided design (CAD) software in order to complete this. They can work with many different raw materials, from metal to optical components.

Electronic Design Engineer – Responsible for developing and testing devices/products and their component parts that rely on electricity as a source of power

Product/Industrial Design Engineer – Responsible for new product development (NPD) or new product introduction (NPI) they oversee the process of designing and developing new products but also for improving the existing product portfolio, in conjunction with engineers from other disciplines

Software Design Engineer – responsible for the theory and application of computer sciences to programmable or reporting devices. They develop algorithms and applications in order for the device to function and are also involved in validation and testing of these processes

Generally, most medical devices will be designed by more than one of these subsets and they work together to ensure that the ultimate device is efficient and usable but also that all the sub disciplines complement each other to work in harmony.

Lying on the river Tywi, Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire in Wales and is located approximately 30 miles from Swansea and 70 miles from Cardiff.  The town was founded by the Romans and 1000 years later Carmarthen Castle, built by the Normans, became their regional capital.  In the 19th century the development of the coal mining industry meant that growth moved away from Carmarthen to other areas in South Wales.  The main industries in Carmarthen today are agriculture, fishing, forestry and tourism.  The town is within easy reach of the Brecon Beacons National Park and the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast as well as many other visitor attractions including the Dylan Thomas Boathouse in Laugharne, Kidwelly Castle, the National Wool Museum and the Dolaucothi Gold Mines.

Famous people from Carmarthen:

Rhod Gilbert, Comedian and Philip Vaughan, inventor of the ball bearing.

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Carmarthen is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in Carmarthen, scientific careers in Carmarthen or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities inCarmarthen, give our Next Phase team a call. The Welsh area is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.

At Next Phase we help people find new jobs in life sciences across the UK, Europe and USA. This page lists some of the job opportunities in Carmarthen, and if you give us a call we can also talk to you about other scientific jobs, pharmaceutical career opportunities and the latest updates in cell and gene therapy and ATMP development in the Welsh area.