Mechanical designers
The Mechanical Designer designs specifications of mechanical equipment and systems on the basis of customer requirements. The Mechanical Designer translates the technical system requirements into mechanical architecture, often from concept development to transfer to production. The Mechanical Designer can be responsible for collecting the information, assessing the construction feasibility, designing, constructing and testing the prototypes, getting them to the production-ready phase and providing support for the production start-up. In addition, the Mechanical Designer often makes the complete drawing package (view, layout, cross-section and detail drawings) and sometimes takes care of working instructions for new products. The Mechanical Designer ensures product safety and compliance with the safety regulations in the workshop. The Mechanical Designer often has a technical Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience, has experience with one or more design systems (such as AutoCAD, CREO or Pro Engineer, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Inventor).
The tasks of a Mechanical Designer include:
- Making the necessary (partial) designs for a machine, device or installation from a concept or design (basic engineering), drawing up implementation plans (detail engineering) and production drawings, sometimes with the help of or under the guidance of the main designer, engineer or project manager;
- Cooperating with R & D and discussing / consulting on possible solutions at the design / drawing phase.
