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Development Engineer

Development Engineer

Sandvik CoromantJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 days ago
Job description

At Rock Processing, we’re passionate about development and advanced technology, and we always aim to offer the best possible experience for our customers in a sustainable way. It’s a mission that takes commitment, but as an industry leader we aim for nothing but excellence in everything we do.

We are looking for an ambitious and innovative Development Engineer to join our team in the Engineering Department.

The role will report into the Engineering R&D Manager and will be based from our offices in Spartan, Kempton Park.

Purpose of the role

  • To discover, develop and evaluate new product ideas, enhancements to existing products or strategic product extensions, and translate research discoveries into usable and marketable products.

The job responsibilities

  • Appraise new product ideas to determine their potential to address customer needs and to achieve goals in revenue growth and market share.
  • Design, validate and bring new products to market.
  • Specify precise new product functional requirements; design, test and integrate components to produce final designs; and evaluate the design’s overall effectiveness, cost, reliability and safety.
  • Design, develop, execute and evaluate fitness‑for‑use testing, product specifications and process validation plans; create and review material part specifications and bills of materials.
  • Collaborate with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability.
  • Work closely with Manufacturing management to ensure design and manufacturing details follow best practices, including making parts easy to assemble, ensuring welding is accessible, checking the availability of steel sections, considering plate bending, and organizing the bill of materials.
  • Utilize CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
  • Respond to complex technical questions regarding the organization’s product, system or service.
  • Pre‑ include analysing customer technical needs and suggesting solutions.
  • Assist in developing and presenting training material when needed.
  • Travel and meet with customers when required, including on‑site measurements.
  • Ensure that all work conforms to the required in‑house modelling and detailing standards.
  • Perform sufficient checking of drawings and BOMs to eliminate NCRs.
  • Participate in generating new in‑house technical standards and training material.
  • Develop and maintain engineering calculations to assist in product design as needed.
  • Assist in performing engineering first‑principle calculations.
  • Manage and assist in performing engineering structural integrity and dynamic calculations and conduct test and measurement exercises using advanced technology.
  • Check the designer’s design intent at the initial phase of projects to identify potential weaknesses in the designs.
  • ETO and R&D resources can be shared across teams on a case‑by‑case basis to support both regional and global functions based on workload and agreement between departmental managers.

    • Qualifications & Experience Requirements

  • BEng, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.
  • MEng, Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (advantage).
  • 3–5 years of advanced 3D CAD modelling, drafting and FEA experience in sheet metal fabrication industries, including welding specifications.
  • Good test & measurement experience with field or lab testing.
  • Preferred experience in a previous R&D role.
  • Proficient in Siemens NX & Teamcenter software packages. Solid Edge and other CAD software are a benefit.

    • Other Requirements & Competencies

  • Proficient in Python or a similar programming language.
  • Finite Element Analysis simulation experience.
  • Multibody dynamics simulation experience (benefit).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Fluent in English; additional languages are a benefit.
  • Ability to work with numbers and figures across diverse levels of complexity.
  • Strong communication skills for conveying information clearly and effectively.
  • Proactive with a focus on continuous improvement and solution‑oriented actions.
  • Excellent time‑management and resource‑allocation skills.
  • Commitment to maintaining high performance standards and accountability.

    • What is in it for you?

  • We offer an interesting role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues and opportunities for professional development.
  • At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and customers.

    • Application

    Send your application as soon as possible; we will be evaluating candidates continuously and no later than 06 November 2025. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik / career .

    About us

  • Sandvik Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition.

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