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Bristol, Gb

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Created innovative features, technologies, and product concepts in Dyson’s New Product Innovation departmentDesigned components and subassemblies of new floorcare and haircare products and accessories using NXDesigned for injection moulded parts and assemblies for high volume production ensuring high quality, reliability and repairability by designing in tolerance stacks and following design for manufacture and assembly principlesBuilt high quality prototypes for testing and stakeholder reviewsDeveloped product requirements based on internal testing and trials as well as historic user data and reviews to ensure the highest quality products were designed, saving weight and cost.Designed test rigs and schedules, and performed experiments to develop feasibility of new technologies and ensure Dyson’s high performance standards were met for new products. Testing included technology performance, mechanical strength, thermal build up and comfort, user experience, and durability over lifeAnalysed test results to inform the next design iteration to home in on meeting product requirements at low cost and weightMaintained a fast pace of development by adhering to Dyson’s product milestone process ensuring the correct amount of resource was assigned to a project at the correct level of maturityMentored junior and graduate engineers to train up the next generation of high-performance engineersCollaborated with and learnt from Dyson’s huge range of subject experts and specialists to develop advanced technologiesDeveloped expertise in inclusive design to increase the usability of products for disabilities though and inclusive design workshopNamed inventor on patented subassembly GB2620289A

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Created an automation solution using Solidworks’ Driveworks add on for sales to be able to generate on demand 3D models, technical drawings and quotes, freeing up engineering resource from repetitive tasks.Communicated with company stakeholders in sales and engineering to establish requirements

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Developed and innovated new potable water pumping projects and products using SolidWorksPrepared products for WRAS approval (Water Regulations Approval Scheme)Used Driveworks to automate 3D model and technical drawing generation of large product ranges to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.Ran and maintained large format 3D printer to create prototypes for testing, marketing material and jigs to aid manufacturing.Improved interdepartmental communication by developing a new engineering request system using Microsoft forms and power automate.Introduced Finite Element Analysis (FEA) capability to the company after completing SolidWorks FEA training, which was utilized to identify a critical weak point in a product’s structure

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Developed artillery munitions projects through the safety and validation phases, creating and carrying out test plans to validate the function and reliability of munitions and munition packagingBrought Computer Aided Design support to departments to aid concept development of a new test data acquisition platform using NX.