About Dyson
At Dyson we are encouraged to think differently, challenge convention and be unafraid to make mistakes.
Dyson offers a unique opportunity for talented individuals who wish to invent, design and develop leading products for the global market. By working in our world class multi-disciplinary project teams, these individuals will be key collaborators and influencers throughout the business, pivotal in inspiring, energising and managing the global development and execution of projects to deliver compelling new products.
Dyson is a design and innovation led company, whilst equally valuing project schedule adherence and budget adherence.
About the role
Product Engineer is essential in driving Dyson’s mission to deliver innovative, high-performance products to a global market. This role involves working within our Research, Design, and Development department alongside technical specialists and creative teams to ensure our products exceed expectations in quality, functionality, and manufacturability.
Product Engineers take a hands-on approach throughout the product development cycle, from initial project transfer to full-scale manufacturing. They work collaboratively with Design Engineers, Design Managers, and Senior Engineers to develop and manage product specifications and oversee Engineering Builds. Additionally, Product Engineers manage Bill of Materials (BOM), work closely with Contract Manufacturers (CM) and Joint Development Manufacturers (JDMs) to ensure seamless production alignment.
This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented individual with strong project management and multitasking abilities, an engineering degree, and experience in mechanical design. Product Engineers are crucial to Dyson’s commitment to innovation, responsible for delivering products that set new standards in the industry. Responsibilities:
Develop and manage structured Product Specifications to organizing all test cases ensuring they are comprehensive, traceable, and aligned with the Product Requirement Document (PRD).
Determine verification Test Cases Requirements, issue test requests, and coordinate with validation team to monitor test progress, gather performance data, and report results systematically.
Responsible for Engineering Build machines allocations, monitoring engineering build status and track machines distributed to various departments.
Coordinate with CM and the JDM on machine build progress, ensuring engineering build machines meet required specifications and delivery timelines.
Act as the primary engineering liaison with CM and the JDM partner, facilitating communication on FG technical specifications and engineering changes. Align project plans with JDM timelines to ensure streamlined development phase, including SKU-specific requirements.
Monitor weekly SKU tracker updates to maintain adherence to time plans for product engineering deliverables.
Manage New Product Development / Production BOM and SKU drawing throughout Project Development Phase in collaboration with CM and JDM partners, ensuring alignment with the latest design and production standards.
Partner with the finance team to plan and track project Opex and Capex expenditures. Support the preparation of monthly cost performance reviews and LE reporting to ensure project alignment with financial targets.
Monitor RDD project health KPI performance related to product specifications and analyse results regularly to drive improvement initiatives.
Conduct SKU Finished Goods Initial Sample Inspection Report (ISIR) or Deviation Request (DR) for SOP Technical Variants.
Assist cross-functional teams in addressing ad hoc engineering challenges. Provide additional engineering support for unique SKU builds, Service Assemblies, and Graded SKUs.
About you
Degree in Engineering or Science or demonstrate equivalent experience. Electronics, Mechanical or Product Design is preferred.
3+ years’ experience of managing product development.
Candidates with experience delivering within a product development framework preferred.
Candidates with experience of working in a regulated industry to ISO certification QMS standards are preferred.
Knowledge and experience in SKU development and release management.
Experience with Teamcenter, Unigraphics NX is preferred.
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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
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What We Do
At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.
Dyson employs over 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education.
Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world.
The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas
