Primary Skills
Product and Industrial Design
Mechanical Design
3D CAD
Graphic Design
Technical Drawings
Design Documentation
Rapid Prototyping
New Product Development
Product Conceptualisation
User Centred Design
Market Research
Geometric Tolerance
Project Management (CPA/Gantt Charts)
Design/Validation Engineering
Advanced Sheet Metal Design
Design for Milling, Turning, Casting etc.
DFM - Injection Moulding
Fabrication
Electronic Component Design
Ingress Protection Design
Punch/Die and other Tool/Jig Design
Production Planning
Software
Paul Blainey CSWP
SolidWorks Certified Professional
SolidWorks Photoview/Visualize
SolidWorks Simulation Express
Draftsight/Auto CAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Affinity Designer and Photo
3rd Party Rendering Packs
ProDesktop (CAD/CAM/CNC Controllers)
Office 365 Suite (Admin Experience)
Excel, Word, PowerPoint
FEA Software (DEFORM Trained)
Simplify 3D
GrabCAD/Stratasys
Formlabs
Altium Designer
Other
Full Clean Drivers Licence
Bilingual Welsh/English
Experience
Lead Product Designer
Feb 2023 – Current
Mechanical Design Engineer
NOV 2019 – Feb 2023
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Feb 2018 – OCT 2019
Electro - Mechanical Design Engineer
aug 2017 – feb 2018
Education
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Formerly UWIC)
MSc Advanced Product Design, Distinction
2013-2014
Modules
1. Product Development Principles and Practice
2. Sustainability Issues in Design for Production
3. Research Methods
4. User Testing & Evaluation
5. Form, Shape & Colour
6. Major Project
7. Industrial Placement