Kodu
Senior Design Engineer
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About the role
A new range of heated hair styling tools is heading for a 2027 launch, and the team building it needs two contract Senior Design Engineers to take mechanical designs through to manufacture. London, up to £400 a day outside IR35, three days on site. Real development work, not tidying drawings for production.
Why This Might Beat The Job You Have Now
- You take heated tool designs from development to manufacture-ready and own the calls. Development work, not production clean-up.
- Real thermal engineering to get into, the part that makes heated styling tools genuinely hard.
- Hands-on prototyping on site at their London office, working the problem in the room, not over email.
- An initial contract likely to run into late 2026, a decent runway.
- An international team where you find the answer yourself, no queue and no committee on your calls.
Role At A Glance
- Up to £400 per day, outside IR35, engaged through Kodu and our payroll partner.
- London. Hybrid, three days a week on site.
- One month contract
- Two positions, immediate start.
- Well connected by tube and rail.
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What You Will Own
As a Senior Design Engineer you develop and detail the mechanical design of heated hair styling products, ready for manufacture.
- Production-quality CAD in SolidWorks, with Creo a real bonus.
- Detailed 2D drawings and the tolerance work that readies a design for the factory.
- The thermal engineering behind heated hair tools.
- Hands-on prototyping in the London office with the wider team.
What You Will Need
- A senior to principal level design or mechanical engineer with a product development background.
- Production-focused CAD in SolidWorks, with clean 2D drawing and tolerance work.
- A track record of developing designs and preparing them for manufacture, with a real feel for how a product is made.
- Handy but not essential, Creo, thermal or heated product design, and a hair care background.
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Salary And Benefits
- Up to £400 per day, outside IR35.
- Clean engagement through Kodu and an established payroll partner.
- A flagship product range heading for launch, with real ownership of the work.
About The Client
Our client is a London-based consumer hardware business designing personal care products, with hair care a core category and work across the UK and US. The team sits in mechanical product development, does plenty of hands-on prototyping at its London base, and brings in
Interested?
If you are a contract Senior Design Engineer who likes taking a design to the factory, this is worth a look. You do not need a polished CV to start. Send me a couple of lines on the heated or consumer product work you have done, or ask for the full brief.
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