Field-Ready Mechanical Design Engineer (Scotland)

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Scotland; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer in Dundee with field work across Scotland and UK. You will work with electronics, controls and software teams to deliver reliable outdoor mechanical systems.

Requirements include a Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent) and strong CAD skills (SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo). You will design from concept to production, conduct field tests and support manufacturing integration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Strong proficiency in CAD software such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo or equivalent.
• Experience with GD&T, tolerance stack-up and engineering drawing-pack release.
• Experience applying design-for-manufacture principles across fabrication, machining and mixed-material assembly.
• Demonstrable experience taking mechanical designs from CAD through to physical build and testing.
• Ability to develop practical engineering solutions for complex mechanical systems.
• Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary team where design decisions must account for electrical, controls and software requirements.
• Full clean UK driving licence and willingness to undertake field work across Scotland and wider UK growing regions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the mechanical design of harvesting equipment subsystems (heads, cutting mechanisms, gripping and transfer equipment).
• Take responsibility for assigned designs from concept through detailed design, prototyping, verification and release for manufacture.
• Produce and maintain engineering drawings, documentation, and change logs.
• Apply design-for-manufacture and cost principles as production scales from prototypes to full production.
• Develop mechanical solutions that integrate with electrical, controls and software systems.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to resolve design and integration challenges.
• Participate in regular design reviews and translate field feedback into design improvements.
• Attend field commissioning to diagnose mechanical issues and drive improvements.
• Support supplier engagement for fabrication, machining and assembly.
• Build and maintain relationships with manufacturing partners and contribute to continuous improvement.

Skills

Mechanical design

Teamwork

Problem solving

Field testing

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Creo

GD&T

Engineering drawings

Job description

First Military Recruitment is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer in Dundee with field work across Scotland and UK. You will work with electronics, controls and software teams to deliver reliable outdoor mechanical systems.

Requirements include a Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent) and strong CAD skills (SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo). You will design from concept to production, conduct field tests and support manufacturing integration.