Design Engineer

About ZELP

ZELP (Zero Emissions Livestock Project) is a pre-revenue start-up dedicated to combating the climate crisis through developing wearable technology to significantly reduce agricultural methane emissions - the leading source of methane emissions globally. The Design Engineering team at ZELP collaborates with multiple departments, including Software, Hardware, Animal Science and Machine Learning, to develop innovative solutions. This team focuses on designing, optimizing and manufacturing our ground-breaking devices in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Job Details

As a Design Engineer within Zelp you will collaborate with and report to a Team Lead while contributing to exciting project work. This role is designed to help you gain relevant experience and prepare for potential growth into a Senior role, with mentorship and guidance along the way.

The responsibilities include:

• Creating, supporting and collaborating on design and drawing activities, as required by the team, ensuring timely progress.

• Hands-on prototyping and building of test devices.

• Producing and maintaining thorough and accurate design project documentation.

• Preparing, testing, and monitoring the progress of trials to support the delivery of academically rigorous research papers demonstrating the function of the device(s).

• Implementing design changes that are evaluated for feasibility, cost, and timing and implemented with care and thoroughness.

• Transferring designs from R&D level prototypes to manufacturable products at both a batch and mass production level.

• Supporting other departments with problem-solving and other project activities.

Required Experience:

• Over 2 years of relevant work experience. This position is best suited for candidates with mid-level experience, ranging up to 8 years.

• 3D CAD Modelling (Onshape or Solidworks preferred).

• Basic 2D drawings.

• Typical manufacturing and assembly processes i.e. injection moulding of rigid and flexible plastics, sheet metalwork, die cutting, snaps, plastic welding, fasteners, etc.

Candidate will likely have exposure to:

• Maintaining live bill of materials (BOM) and product costing

• FMEA

• GD&T and tolerance stack analyses

• Practical prototyping and 3D printing

• Designing and conducting validation testing

• Complex electromechanical CAD assemblies

• Working in cross-functional teams

• Manufacturing and assembly at low volume and/or high volume and production lines

Nice to have experience:

• Cradle to grave or cradle to cradle projects

• Supplier selection and Contract Manufacturer liaison

• Product data management / engineering change control process

• Farm / Agriculture experience

• A high-level understanding of the complete product development lifecycle

• Non-dispersive Infrared Sensors for gas measurement