Senior Design Engineer / Mechanical Design Engineer

Product design consultancy | South East England

An established, award-winning product development consultancy is expanding its design team and looking to add a talented mechanical or product design engineer. The consultancy has a strong track record delivering design solutions across insight generation, product design, hardware and software development, prototyping and production, working across sectors from medical and consumer to toys and social entertainment.

As part of a wider company expansion, the team is growing at its design and development facility in the South East.

The Role

You will join a dynamic team within an energetic product design consultancy, taking a high level of ownership for your own work and maintaining enthusiasm and commitment across demanding project timescales.

Working alongside the industrial and product design team, you will help turn conceptual ideas into innovative, working, injection-moulded or mechanical solutions. You should be confident producing manufacturing-ready CAD data and hold a solid understanding of major manufacturing processes, with the ability to oversee and check development as it moves through production.

You will create and execute product concepts across a range of markets, from life sciences to social entertainment, supporting the wider team with research, development and testing on live projects. A degree in Product Design or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent), plus at least four years of relevant industrial experience, is expected.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish a clear path to meeting customer requirements, liaising with stakeholders to ensure the best possible product outcome
• Carry out detailed mechanical engineering design using traditional and non-traditional production methods, e.g. technical moulded components, low-cost sheet metal, castings, pressings, extrusions and other rapid manufacturing methods
• Support the team with research, development and testing on live projects
• Assemble and debug prototype development rigs
• Liaise with manufacturing partners providing services such as CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding and moulding
• Produce functional and user requirement specification documentation for new projects
• Follow internal quality management structure and document revision control
• Create detailed, toleranced 2D component and assembly drawings in SolidWorks to ISO standards, ensuring accuracy and completeness of drawings, files, engineering records, prints and project tasks
• Generate bills of materials and work collaboratively with selected manufacturing partners
• Plan project timelines while adhering to good design process management
• Support the creation of project proposals and client pitch presentations
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 is a bonus but not essential

Key Requirements

• Three or more years of experience in product design/development (consultancy experience and MedTech sector exposure advantageous)
• 1st or 2:1 Bachelor''s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Product Design
• Sound grasp of mechanical engineering principles
• Deep knowledge of materials and plastic/metal production processes
• Experience developing design concepts for prototyping and manufacture, including electronic hardware integration and specifying suitable materials

Benefits

• Competitive salary, depending on experience
• Overtime available on paid client work
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company pension scheme
• 24 days'' holiday per year plus 8 statutory bank holidays, rising to 25 days after 5 years'' service and 27 days after 10 years'' service
• Holiday buy-back, carry-over and the option to purchase additional holiday
• Free on-site parking, with relocation packages available for hires relocating for the role
• Access to a company works vehicle
• Training courses funded in full where relevant to the role
• Strong variety of project work and client types