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Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WSA continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
We are looking for a creative and proactive Mechanical Design Engineer who can thrive in a big organization and excel in collaboration internally with many other disciplines and stakeholders at our 3 main sites in Lynge, Singapore and Erlangen, and externally with a wide range of suppliers
In this role you will be part of the mechanical design team in the department of Initial and Special Products developing cutting-edge hearing aids and earwear for WSA's brands. The team is involved in most aspects of the product development cycles incl. early-stage forefront projects, concepting, prototyping, detailed design, maturation for production, documentation, testing, verification and investigating field returns. On a daily basis, we work closely with other disciplines such as electro-acoustic designers, wireless antenna designers, hardware designers and material specialists just to mention a few and we have state-of-the-art in-house production, testing and prototyping facilities.
• Participate in product development projects to design and develop mechanical parts/ modules/ systems for hearing aids and related products (including plastic, rubber, metal, hybrid electrical/ mechanical components) from concept through to market launch
• Contribute to early-stage development activities such as concept creation, simulations, material studies, and user trials
• Support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) processes, part verification, testing, and system approval in collaboration with Applied Research, the Reliability Test Team, and external partners and suppliers
• Create, issue, review, and approve product data, item structures, and project documentation (including Engineering Change Orders) within the PLM system, ensuring compliance with WSA Quality Management System (QMS) and internal guidelines
• Depending on your technical interest and competences, you can develop skills and execute tasks in a specialized area within our technical domains
• Participate in early investigations and innovation-driven, forefront projects to support future product development initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design & Innovation, Plastic Engineering, Materials/ Manufacturing Engineering or related fields
• Skilled competencies in CAD modelling. PTC CREO will be your most important tool
• Proactive, structured, analytical and able to work in complex, multi-disciplinary projects/ teams, often with many unknowns
• Previous experience with design of small injection molded plastic and rubber parts is a big plus.
At WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.
Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.
With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.
Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
WSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.
