CAD Engineer

Northgate Vehicle Hire Careers; Denham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme (9% contributed by us)

Lunchtime finish on a Friday

Personalised training and development

25 days annual leave plus bank hols

Additional annual leave option

Occupational Health support

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Martin-Baker is recruiting a CAD Engineer for the ADR team in Denham. You will manage design changes across diverse products, from initial 3D models to PMI, ensuring producibility and traceability within Teamcenter and SBM platforms.

You will collaborate with Production Engineering to ensure datum and tolerance alignment with strict manufacturing requirements, perform basic analyses, and help sustain legacy products for long-term support.

Qualifications

• Engineering baseline: degree or HND in engineering or applied science plus relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of GD&T principles.
• Knowledge of configuration management and engineering change processes.
• Experience using a PLM/PDM database; 3D CAD experience required; Siemens NX preferred.
• Numerical and verbal skills with DFMA mindset; minimize design iterations.
• Demonstrates Martin-Baker values.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Change Management: process engineering change requests, perform rudimentary impact analysis, and coordinate with the change review board based on affected parts.
• CAD Modelling & Drafting: generate and modify 3D CAD models and PMI, ensuring data is fully defined but unambiguous.
• System Traceability: input, maintain, and monitor data and release statuses in Teamcenter PLM and SBM platform.
• Producibility & Liaison: collaborate with Production Engineering to align datum and tolerance with manufacturing and inspection requirements.
• Analysis & Calculation: perform tolerance/clearance analyses, mass optimization, and preliminary sizing calculations.
• Legacy Product Sustainment: reverse engineer older data to modern formats and standards for long-term support.

Skills

GD&T fundamentals

PLM/PDM systems

3D CAD modelling

DFMA mindset

Analytical thinking

Education

Engineering degree or HND

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter PLM

Job description

Denham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ref#: 147937

Design it. Draft it. Trust it with lives!

Advance your career in a role where precision drafting meets real-world, life-saving impact. As a CAD Engineer within our Authorised Drawing Revision (ADR) team at Denham, you will join a high-performing department of 6 specialists managing critical engineering changes. This is a brand-new, additional headcount role designed to support our expanding product scope. From initial 3D models to final manufacturing prints, your meticulous documentation control ensures our life-saving aerospace technologies are fully defined and ready for production.

Direct Impact, Global Scale. Life-Saving Mission.

At Martin-Baker, the work we do matters. We design, manufacture and support life‑saving equipment used by aircrew around the world. Our products operate in demanding environments, where quality, reliability and attention to detail are critical.

We’re proud of our long history in aerospace and defence, also focused on the future. Joining Martin-Baker means becoming part of a business with a clear purpose, strong engineering capability and a long‑term commitment to its people, products and customers.

Whether you work in engineering, operations, commercial, finance, supply chain or support functions, your contribution helps deliver equipment that protects lives. It is challenging work, but it is also meaningful, and with over 7,800 lives saved, it gives our people the opportunity to be part of something with real impact.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Change Implementation Team Lead, you will act as a vital line of defence to ensure absolute design integrity and producibility. This comprehensive role offers deep day‑to‑day variety. Managing modifications across a wide range of products including machined mechanical components, textiles, pyrotechnics, and complex mechanisms gives you excellent engineering breadth and exposure.

What You’ll Do

• Engineering Change Management: Process engineering change requests, perform rudimentary impact analysis, and coordinate with the change review board based on the affected parts.
• CAD Modelling & Drafting: Generate and modify 3D CAD models and related Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), ensuring engineering data is fully defined but unambiguous.
• System Traceability: Accurately input, maintain, and monitor engineering data and release statuses within our Teamcenter PLM system and bespoke SBM platform.
• Producibility & Liaison: Partner directly with the Production Engineering Department to align datum and tolerance schemes with strict manufacturing and inspection requirements.
• Analysis & Calculation: Use basic engineering principles to conduct tolerance and clearance analyses, mass optimization, and preliminary sizing calculations.
• Legacy Product Sustainment: Reverse engineer older product data into modern formats and standards to aid in the long‑term support of existing products.

What We’re Looking For

• Engineering Baseline: An engineering or applicable science‑based degree, or an Engineering HND backed by relevant industry experience.
• Tolerancing Expertise: A strong, fundamental understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles.
• Change Principles: Solid comprehension of configuration management and engineering change processes.
• Technical Literacy: Experience using a PLM or PDM‑type database. Exposure to 3D CAD modelling software is required, while Siemens NX experience is preferred.
• The Mindset: Sound numerical and verbal skills, a proactive approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA), and a keen eye to minimize design iterations.
• Share and demonstrate the Martin-Baker values.

Our Values

At Martin-Baker, we value professionalism, understanding, teamwork, humility, accountability and integrity. We look for people who take pride in their work, collaborate openly and act with care because the work we do matters.

What We Offer

• Excellent pension package with strong employer support — Martin-Baker contributes 9% of your salary (non-contributory to the employee), with further employer contributions that grow as you increase your own
• Lunchtime finish on a Friday
• Personalised training and development plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Occupational Health team
• Cycle to work scheme

We believe in equal opportunity, committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is respected. We want you to be able to do your best work.

Martin-Baker is a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, showing our support and commitment to our Armed Forces and their families, proudly supporting those who serve.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS).

The role also involves access to information governed by U.S. Export Control Laws (including ITAR); therefore, all applicants must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements.