Mechanical Designer CAD (Leuven) Job in Leuven, Belgium

About Flanders Make

Towards a digitally transformed, sustainable and competitive industry

Flanders Make is a fast-growing research centre that performs research to support companies from various sectors in their sustainable innovation processes. From our establishments in Lommel, Leuven, Kortrijk and Sint-Truiden and labs within the 5 Flemish universities, we stimulate open innovation through excellent research.

Because of our unique position as a bridge between industry and research, our teams combine application and system proficiency with technological and scientific knowledge. Academic partners and more than 150 companies are part of the innovative circular ecosystem of Flanders Make.

Our strategy based on industrial needs and long-term trends ensures a close link with the industry and its challenges. With our programmed research, we create impact in companies.

Sustainability, climate and workability have a high priority in our research. We want to help companies in developing sustainable, green, smart and connected products and production systems, with a special focus on people and their interaction with machines.

Mechanical Designer CAD (Leuven) Job Description

You realise the mechanical design for building smart machines, assembly cells and robots to demonstrate and test new technologies.
Do you want to conceive, design and build demos and lab infrastructure? Will you help building autonomous tractors, new transmissions, fruit picking robots, drones, smart production cells with cobots, self-driving vehicles, and much more?

Job description

As a mechanical designer CAD, you help building demos and research infrastructure.

• You conceive and discuss the design requirements within the project team and examine its practical feasibility.
• You create 3D CAD designs with Inventor and perform the necessary calculations such as finite element calculations.
• You co-conceive demos or lab set-ups. After the completion of your design, you also ensure the actual realisation, building some parts yourself and outsourcing others.
• You also build business relationships with suppliers.
• The ideal candidate contributes to the management and organisation within the lab.

Mechanical Designer CAD (Leuven) Job Requirements

Profile, you have

• A Master's degree in (Electro-) mechanical Engineering;
• The necessary background to work independently; preferably 2 years of professional work experience, and knowledge of the Machinery Directive and machine safety.
• The ability to conceive technical solutions together with fellow researchers.

• Passionate about new technologies;
• Proficient in designing;
• A hands-on approach to build set-ups;
• Creative and result-oriented;
• A proactive teamplayer;
• Communicative, excellent in English;
• Keen to learn.

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