Mechanical Staff Engineer

Jobtailor; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the development of embedded monitoring and industrial instrumentation products. You will translate complex requirements into robust mechanical solutions that meet performance, environmental, regulatory, manufacturing, reliability, and cost targets.

Responsibilities include designing enclosures, thermal management, and packaging, reviewing architectures, and guiding manufacturability and product validation throughout the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience developing industrial, electronic, or embedded hardware products from concept through production.
• Proven experience designing complex mechanical systems, enclosures, assemblies, and industrial products.
• Strong understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, environmental protection, thermal management, and reliability engineering.
• Experience with sheet metal, machined components, castings, injection mouldings, seals, gaskets, fasteners, and assembly design.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design and development of embedded monitoring, sensing, recording, and industrial instrumentation products.
• Translate requirements into robust mechanical solutions meeting performance, environmental, regulatory, and cost objectives.
• Design and review enclosures, thermal management solutions, mounting systems, cable management, and packaging components.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Embedded Hardware Development

Thermal Management Design

3D CAD Systems

FEA

CFD

Tolerance Analysis

Product Validation

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD Software

PLM Systems

Change Control

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Job description

• Lead the mechanical design and development of complex embedded monitoring, sensing, recording, and industrial instrumentation products
• Translate product and system requirements into robust mechanical solutions meeting performance, environmental, regulatory, manufacturing, reliability, and cost objectives
• Design and review enclosures, assemblies, thermal management solutions, mounting systems, cable management, and industrial packaging components
• Drive mechanical architecture implementation and subsystem design for complex products and product platforms
• Perform thermal, structural, vibration, shock, environmental, and tolerance analyses
• Lead technical investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and failure analysis
• Evaluate design trade-offs involving performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, sustainability, product lifecycle, and commercial considerations
• Support prototype development, testing, environmental qualification, production launch, and product validation
• Drive DFM, DFA, DFS, and Design for Cost initiatives
• Lead technical design reviews and contribute to engineering standards, governance processes, and best practices
• Support supplier engagement, component qualification, value engineering, and obsolescence management
• Identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and provide leadership through complex product development challenges
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through technical coaching, standards development, and knowledge sharing
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects, products, and engineering initiatives
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and innovation initiatives
• Champion product quality, reliability, manufacturability, safety, sustainability, and customer value throughout the product lifecycle

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience developing industrial, electronic, or embedded hardware products from concept through production and lifecycle support
• Proven experience designing complex mechanical systems, enclosures, assemblies, and industrial products
• Strong understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, environmental protection, thermal management, and reliability engineering
• Experience with sheet metal, machined components, castings, injection mouldings, seals, gaskets, fasteners, and assembly design
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical investigations and make sound engineering decisions within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supporting product validation, environmental qualification, certification, and regulatory compliance activities
• Strong communication, collaboration, technical leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and mentor engineers without direct line management responsibility
• Experience developing products for electrical utility, industrial automation, energy, transportation, or critical infrastructure sectors
• Experience with thermal management design for embedded electronic systems
• Strong understanding of environmental qualification standards including vibration, shock, ingress protection, temperature, humidity, and corrosion requirements
• Familiarity with IEC, IEEE, UL, CE, and other relevant industrial product standards
• Experience supporting EMC compliance activities from a mechanical design perspective
• Expertise in 3D CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, or equivalent
• Experience performing simulation and analysis including Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and tolerance modelling
• Understanding of manufacturing processes including machining, fabrication, casting, moulding, finishing, and assembly operations
• Experience supporting global supply chains, supplier development, component qualification, and product lifecycle management
• Familiarity with PLM, change control, configuration management, and engineering release processes

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in mechanical design and development of complex embedded systems, with a strong focus on thermal management, reliability engineering, and compliance with industry standards. Proven ability to lead technical investigations and mentor engineers while driving product quality and manufacturability throughout the product lifecycle.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Mechanical Design Engineering
• Thermal Management Design
• 3D CAD Systems (SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor)
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Environmental Qualification Standards

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Mechanical Design
• Tolerance Analysis
• Reliability Engineering
• Embedded Hardware Development
• Manufacturing Processes
• Simulation and Analysis
• DFM, DFA, DFS
• Technical Investigations
• Product Validation
• Root Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

• Technical Leadership
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• Embedded Systems
• Industrial Automation
• Energy Sector
• Transportation
• Critical Infrastructure
• IEC Standards
• IEEE Standards
• UL Standards
• CE Standards
• EMC Compliance

Tools & Technologies

• 3D CAD Software
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• PLM Systems
• Change Control