Mechanical Design Engineer

Jackie Kerr Recruitment; Carterton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

25 days annual leave

Employer matched pension

Death in Service

Career development

Perkbox

Well-being programme

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Jackie Kerr Recruitment is seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer in Carterton, Oxfordshire, offering £40,000 - £45,000 per year plus benefits and bonus. The role covers design, development, and improvement of products and sub-systems for a well-established UK manufacturer.

You will use 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred), create complete documentation, and work with production and suppliers to ensure DFMA, quality, and test readiness.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics OR equivalent experience.
• Strong 3D CAD skills, preferably SolidWorks.
• Experience designing for mass production and DFMA.
• Familiarity with quality systems and regulatory concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver products or sub-systems from concept to volume manufacturing.
• Write Product Brief documents with Product Management and R&D.
• Create full documentation: drawings, data sheets, regs.
• Perform feasibility studies and risk analyses (FMEA).
• Prototype and test against requirements; document results.
• Ensure designs meet ISO 9001 quality processes.

Skills

3D CAD

SolidWorks

Mathematics

FMEA

Education

Engineering/Physics/Math degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Other CAD software

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer

Carterton, Oxfordshire

£40,000 - £45,000 Per Annum + Excellent Benefts + Bonus!

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!

We are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, who will be responsible for the design and delivery of complete products or product sub-systems. In addition to the design and delivery of new products, the role also encompasses improvements to existing products. For example, addressing changes in regulations, component obsolescence, or performance issues identified by customers.

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