Coroflot
  • Hire Designers
  • Sign In
  • Sign Up
  • Jobs
  • Designers
  • Discover
  • Salaries
  • Jobs
  • Designers
  • Discover
  • Salaries
  • About Us
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
  • Create Portfolio
  • Hire Designers
  • Sign In
e
Product Development & Innovation Lead

Rich Finlayson

United Kingdom
Available Now
  • Follow
  • Contact
  • Stream
  • Portfolio
  • About
  • About

    Product Design Engineer with 10 years of industry experience with 3.5 years experience at Dyson Technologies (United Kingdom) and 3.5 years at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (Medical Devices) in New Zealand. I have also spent a year working as a start up Design Lead for a Cycle product brand, and 6 months as a Product Development consultant for the Automation and Leisure Sports industries.

  • Education
    • Diploma Design and Specification of Plastics
      Plastics NZ
      2016 - 2016
    • BSc Honours Product Design
      University of Strathclyde
      2007 - 2011
      1st Class Honours
  • Experience
    • Product Design Consultant
      Motion Design; Manta 5
      Auckland, New Zealand
      Mar 2021 - Jun 2021 (3 months)
      Motion Design:
      (machine and manufacturing automation) Providing product design and development services to develop cutting edge technology solutions for manufacturing processes. Particular focus on identification and automation of continuous plate steel laser cutting technology.

      Manta 5:
      Working within the R&D team, providing CAD support and development of the chassis design, buoyancy manufacture and development of the propulsion system.
    • Production Design Engineering Manager
      Lanaco
      Auckland, New Zealand
      Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 (11 months)
      I led the rapid transformation to a BSI accredited N95/P2 face mask production facility from the ground up, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Working closely alongside partners such as Motion Design Ltd to develop a world class automation driven production facility within an exceptionally short lead time. A complex company transformation requiring agile leadership and innovative solutions to execute successfully.

      Experience:
      Continuous production, ultrasonic welding, polymer blends, design and specification of materials (soft and hard), stamping, rotary tooling, part qualification, BSI and ISO13485 Audit, quality control plans, machine and facility design, automation design + many more.
    • Senior Product Development Engineer
      Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
      Auckland, New Zealand
      Apr 2016 - Oct 2019 (3 years 6 months)
      Managing product development of complex mechanical assemblies. A senior role, building strong commercial and personal relationships with multinational suppliers and manufacturers. Design-led User Interface development, and a leading role in developing competitive IP strategies. Effectively spearheaded innovative NPD projects around sustainability, production efficiencies, continuous improvement and lean approaches to improving product development speed.

      Experience:
      Plastic composites, complex moulding design, silicone design and tooling, metal pressing design and finishing, acoustic development, life cycle testing, DFMA, risk mitigation, part qualification.
    • Product Design Engineer
      Dyson
      United Kingdom
      Aug 2011 - Jan 2015 (3 years 5 months)
      Working within New Technology team for Dyson’s future category products. Innovation, design-led collaboration with global marketing and IP teams to create visionary pipelines for next generation Dyson products. Understanding and analysing complex technology ecosystems and developing elegant, simple solutions fit for a global market. Executed market fruition of Dyson V-Blade hand dryer and life-time filtration products within the upright vacuum cleaner category.

      Experience:
      Concept creation, product development, DFMA, test method creation, Siemens NX, mass production, plastic design for tooling, research, presenting to senior management, seminars & workshops for universities, innovation, patent I.P strategies + much more
  • Awards

    Marks & Clerk innovation Award - 2011

    Cameron Design Prize - Strathclyde University 2011

  • Industries
    • Consumer Electronics
    • Luxury Goods
    • Medical & Scientific Equipment
    • Sporting Goods
    • Healthcare
  • Skills
    • 3D Modeling
    • CAD Design
    • Creative Direction
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Industrial Design
    • Product Design
    • Product Development
    • Rapid Prototyping
    • SolidWorks
  • Elsewhere on the Web
    • n
  • On Coroflot
    @richfin, member since 2011
|

Design-driven companies worldwide use Coroflot to recruit exceptional talent.

Connect with us to get new jobs and projects daily.

  • 7
  • q
  • R
  • I
  • n
  • Coroflot

    • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
    • Blog
  • Hiring Tools

    • Post a Job
    • Find Designers
    • Job Network
    • Design Salary Guide
  • Latest Design Jobs

    • Senior Web Manager

      Earthjustice

    • Senior Manager, UX Research

      Grubhub

    % Design Jobs RSS

© 2023 Core77, Inc.