Senior Design Engineer

Senior Design Engineer

We are recruiting a Senior Design Engineer to join a well?established manufacturing?led business that designs and develops high?volume consumer and trade products. The company takes concepts from initial idea through detailed design, testing and production, working closely with in?house manufacturing and trusted supply partners. This is a full?time, site?based role, requiring regular presence to support hands?on engineering and collaboration with production teams.

This position suits a mechanically minded engineer with strong fundamentals who enjoys designing real, manufacturable products and owning complex mechanisms from first principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Design complex plastic injection?moulded components from scratch, considering material behaviour, tooling, tolerances and manufacturability.
• Design complex cast alloy components from first principles, including structural considerations, draft, wall thickness and finishing processes.
• Design and develop gearboxes and mechanical locking mechanisms from scratch, balancing performance, durability, cost and assembly.
• Produce detailed 3D models, assemblies and fully toleranced manufacturing drawings.
• Apply and interpret GD&T to manage functional requirements and tolerance stack?ups.
• Support product development from concept through to production, working closely with manufacturing and suppliers.
• Contribute to and lead design reviews, providing technical guidance where required.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Degree?qualified Mechanical Engineer (or equivalent practical experience).
• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals with demonstrable problem?solving capability.
• Proven experience independently designing injection?moulded plastic parts, cast metal parts and precision mechanical mechanisms.
• Solid understanding and practical application of GD&T.
• Advanced SolidWorks skills with the ability to produce complex assemblies and high?quality manufacturing drawings.
• Pragmatic, detail?driven approach with a strong focus on design for manufacture and assembly.
• Comfortable working in a fully site?based engineering role within a manufacturing environment.

This opportunity is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys technically challenging work, values robust engineering principles, and wants to see their designs go all the way to production.