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Design Engineer
We are looking for a hands-on Design Engineer to join our client's growing engineering team and work across the full product development lifecycle - from concept and CAD through to prototyping, testing, and manufacture.
This is a varied, practical role for someone who enjoys building things, solving problems, and taking ownership of projects. You won't be spending all day behind a CAD screen; you'll have the opportunity to design, prototype, test, troubleshoot, and work directly with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing design concepts into practical, manufacturable products.
- Producing 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, BOMs, and tolerance analyses.
- Building and testing prototypes, fixtures, and bespoke test rigs.
- Supporting existing products and resolving mechanical/hardware issues.
- Working with machine shops, suppliers, and external manufacturing partners.
- Supporting the transition of designs from prototype into production.
- Contributing to continuous product and process improvement.
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What our client is looking for:
- Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related discipline.
- 3+ years' practical engineering/product development experience.
- Strong 3D CAD skills, ideally SolidWorks.
- Experience producing and interpreting engineering drawings.
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes, particularly CNC machining, fabrication, and plastics.
- A genuinely hands-on approach to engineering and problem-solving.
- Able to work independently, take ownership, and adapt to changing priorities.
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We particularly value engineers who enjoy making and fixing things. Practical experience through personal projects, cars, machinery, machining, electronics, model engineering, or a home workshop is very welcome.
What we offer:
- £35,000 – £45,000 salary, depending on experience.
- 25 days' holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service.
- 12 additional paid "Odd-Job Days" per year following probation.
- Company pension scheme.
- A collaborative, supportive working environment.
- Varied engineering projects with genuine responsibility and ownership.
Interested? If you're a practical engineer who wants to see your designs become real products, we'd like to hear from you.
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