Mechanical Chassis Design Engineer

VIQU Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

VIQU Ltd is recruiting a Mechanical Chassis Design Engineer in Warwick for a hybrid role with three days in the office. You will join a small chassis team, working across the full product life cycle from concept to validation, production support and after-market field fixes.

The role emphasizes designing chassis systems, creating detailed drawings and BOMs, and collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure manufacturability, cost efficiency and performance.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years mechanical design experience in vehicles, heavy machinery or similar industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of chassis structures and systems integration including stress and fatigue.
• Ability to read and produce high-quality technical drawings.
• Confident communication and clear engineering decision-making.
• HNC, HND, apprenticeship or equivalent practical engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Designing and detailing chassis systems, structures and mechanical components.
• Producing engineering drawings and Bills of Materials (BOM).
• Supporting DVP&R, design reviews and product validation.
• Root-cause analysis to resolve manufacturing, build and field-service issues.
• Collaborating with suppliers, customers and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Chassis design

3D CAD

BOM creation

Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Education

HNC/HND or apprenticeship

Tools

Solid Edge

3D CAD

Job description

Mechanical Chassis Design Engineer

Warwick/Hybrid | 3 days in the office
£40,000-£60,000 | Visa sponsorship is not available

VIQU have partnered with an established, family-owned engineering manufacturer developing specialist commercial vehicles used across the UK and internationally.

The Mechanical Chassis Design Engineer will join an eight-person chassis team, working across the full product life cycle-from early concepts and component design through to validation, production support and aftermarket field fixes. The role offers scope to progress from component-level design into wider systems architecture and project engineering responsibilities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and detailing chassis systems, structures and mechanical components
• Producing engineering drawings and accurate Bills of Materials
• Supporting DVP&R, design reviews and product validation
• Resolving manufacturing, build and field-service issues through root-cause analysis
• Working with suppliers, customers and cross-functional engineering teams
• Considering manufacturability, cost, quality and performance throughout the design process

Core technologies and engineering areas include 3D CAD, ideally Solid Edge, BS 8888, sheet metal, fabricated structures, welding, fasteners, BOM creation, DVP&R and Design for Manufacture and Assembly.

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years' mechanical design experience within vehicles, yellow goods, heavy machinery, trailers, tankers or a similar industrial environment
• Strong understanding of chassis structures, systems integration, stress, strain and fatigue
• Experience designing fabricated or sheet-metal components, brackets and structural assemblies
• Ability to read and produce high-quality technical drawings
• Confident communication skills and the ability to make clear engineering decisions
• HNC, HND, apprenticeship or equivalent practical engineering experience