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AFL Telecommunications

Development Designer (CAD Engineer)

Milton Keynes
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Founded in 1984, AFL is an industry-recognized global leader in optical fiber network infrastructure. Our customer-first, high-speed fiber network solutions serve various markets – including energy, enterprise, and hyperscale – across 130+ countries. Products and services include single- and multi-mode optical fiber cable, test and inspection equipment, and our award-winning Data Center Interconnect solution, enabling centralized resource management for enhanced performance across multiple data center facilities.

Our recent European expansion brings end-to-end, sustainable optical fiber solutions closer to our valued EMEA customers, prioritizing customer satisfaction while lowering emissions in line with our Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy.

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AFL is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, with facilities in multiple global locations, including the UK, Canada, India, China, Mexico, and Australia. AFL is a subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd.

Key Responsibilities

New Product Development

  • Creation of manufacturing documentation
  • Product qualification as part of NPD project
  • Supporting Product Engineering to release product into production.

General and Task Management

  • Support the creation and maintenance of process documentation associated with the analysis process
  • Participate in design reviews
  • Participate in DFMEA (Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis) processes (based on standards)
  • Support validation/measurement tests
  • Support reaching the quality, costs and delivery targets of the program
  • Report all resulting data from validation testing
  • Support design review and contribute to achievement of Engineering milestones as well as customer [program milestones
  • Contribute to continuous improvement activities
  • Quality control of work by appropriate reviews
  • Support and lead process improvement activities
  • Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.

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Preferred Qualifications & Experience

  • 1 year experience of modelling and creation of assemblies within SolidWorks
  • Mechanical Engineering degree ideal but not essential
  • ISO Drawing standards ability to interpret create drawings to meet standards

This role will be based in Milton Keynes on a hybrid working arrangement

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Skills

SolidWorks
CAD
Mechanical Engineering
ISO Drawing Standards
Product Development
DFMEA
Design Review
Root Cause Analysis
Manufacturing Documentation
Process Improvement
Quality Control
Validation Testing

Location

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

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