Innovative Mechanical Design Engineer – SolidWorks, York

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd; New Earswick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Proper pension scheme

Life insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Health and wellbeing programme

Free on site parking

Regular company events

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a SolidWorks Mechanical Design Engineer for our York site. You will join a hardware development team, collaborating with electronics and software colleagues to take products from initial sketch to full production.

You will apply your SolidWorks skills and manufacturing knowledge, contribute to design reviews, and support ongoing improvements while adhering to project deadlines and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Several years' hands on experience designing products in SolidWorks, ideally three years or more.
• A solid working knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes and what each is actually capable of, including sheet metal work, mouldings, bearings and drives, electromechanical interfaces, machined components.
• Experience working directly with suppliers to properly understand what their processes can and can't do.
• A knack for picking up legacy designs quickly and finding ways to genuinely improve them.
• Practical workshop experience, comfortable making and modifying parts to build prototypes and prove out a design.
• A real enthusiasm for technology and design, and an appetite for learning.
• The ability to talk engineering sense to technical and non technical people alike.
• Strong organisational skills and the discipline to hit agreed completion dates.
• A full driving licence, and the right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Generating mechanical designs that are inventive but buildable, working with a multidisciplinary team.
• Carrying products through the full development journey from concept to manufacture.
• Producing manufacturing packs: drawings and work instructions using SolidWorks and MS Office.
• Participating in design reviews and testing to meet department standards.
• Collaborating with product development and manufacturing teams as needed.
• Reviewing and improving existing products, not just chasing new ones.
• Working to project deadlines and supporting the business as required.

Skills

SolidWorks

Manufacturing processes

Supplier liaison

Prototyping

Technical communication

Job description

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a SolidWorks Mechanical Design Engineer for our York site. You will join a hardware development team, collaborating with electronics and software colleagues to take products from initial sketch to full production.

You will apply your SolidWorks skills and manufacturing knowledge, contribute to design reviews, and support ongoing improvements while adhering to project deadlines and quality standards.