Mechanical Design Engineer

CIBSE Journal; Carterton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

25 days annual leave

Employer matched pension

Death in Service scheme

Training & Development

Perkbox

WeCare well-being programme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Job summary

JKR in Carterton, Oxfordshire is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join the R&D team. The role focuses on turning concepts into production-ready designs, ensuring DF M, and delivering compliant documentation.

The ideal candidate holds a relevant degree and is proficient in 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred), with strong mathematical reasoning and attention to detail. GBP40,000–GBP45,000 plus bonuses and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on design of products for mass production.
• Proficient with mathematics and theoretical analysis of mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Write clear Product Brief documents with requirements and scope.
• Design product architectures, platforms, and interfaces.
• Perform feasibility studies to quantify risks.
• Detail design of parts using 3D CAD for in-house or external manufacture.
• Ensure DF M to meet high quality and cost objectives.
• Create 2D drawings, data sheets and regulatory information.
• Create prototypes and production-ready parts.
• Test prototypes against requirements and document results.
• Produce test reports and action plans to resolve issues.
• Keep up to date with technologies to stay at industry edge.
• Follow ISO 9001 quality processes and safety standards.
• Perform FMEA to assess failure modes.
• Record, track and resolve defects.

Skills

3D CAD

Mathematics

Written communication

Independent working

Education

Engineering/Physics/Math degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer

GBP40,000 – GBP45,000 Per Annum + Excellent Benefts + Bonus!

Carterton, Oxfordshire

We at JKR are supporting a well–established UK manufacturer with a strong international presence, designing, developing and manufacturing a wide range of innovative products!

The Mechanical Design Engineer Role:

• Work with Product Management and the other members of the Research and Development team to write clear and sufficient Product Brief documents, setting out the requirements and scope of new product developments
• Design overall product architectures, platforms, and interfaces to ensure that the requirements of each Product Brief can be met
• Identify design risks, and perform feasibility studies and theoretical analysis as necessary to quantify and minimise these risks early in the design process
• Perform detailed design of individual parts using 3D CAD software, for both in–house manufacture and external suppliers
• Work with the Production Engineering team, toolmakers and external suppliers to ensure that parts are Designed For Manufacture (DFM) to ensure high quality, low cost, vendor independence, and high repeatability of processing
• Create full documentation packages for all parts and assemblies, including (for example) 2D drawings for critical dimensions and tolerances, data sheets, regulatory information etc
• Create prototypes using rapid prototyping techniques, and also using production–ready parts
• Test the prototypes against the documented requirements both as sub–systems and when integrated into complete functional prototypes
• Create clear written test reports and action plans to resolve any issues that are identified
• Keep up to date with relevant technologies and techniques to ensure that our client s products are at the leading edge of the industry
• Ensure that all designs are implemented and tested rigorously, in line with the company s ISO 9001 quality processes and the safety–critical nature of the products
• Consider carefully potential failure modes for the product in real life situations for example by performing full or partial FMEA
• Ensure that all defects and issues are systematically recorded, tracked and resolved

Mechanical Design Engineer Ideal Candidate:

• Hands–on design of products for mass production, including the whole process from idea to volume manufacturing
• 3D CAD skills, ideally experience with Solidworks, but other systems will be considered if willing to learn Solidworks
• Graduate in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics OR equivalent experience
• Confident with mathematics and theoretical analysis of mechanical and fluid systems (desirable)
• Committed to ongoing learning and self–development
• Able to work independently, but also to collaborate within a team
• Able to operate confidently and communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation, both verbally and in writing
• Excellent with detail
• Completer finisher mindset

Mechanical Design Engineer Working Hours & Benefits:

• Standard: 9:00am–5:00pm Monday to Thursday, 9:00am–4:30pm on Fridays
• Flexible working by prior agreement with management, with core hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm on all five days, 34.5 hours total per week
• Bonus schemes
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Employer matched pension scheme
• Death in Service scheme
• Training & Development – Career / Personal Development Plan
• Employee discounts platform (Perkbox)
• WeCare well–being programme
• Cycle–to–work scheme