Product Design Engineer

Kodu; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Mental health support

Employee discount scheme

Death in service insurance

20 days annual leave

Job summary

Kodu seeks a Product Design Engineer to take concepts from an in-house industrial designer through to full production. You will own the engineering from CAD through to production, modeling multi‑part assemblies and complex mechanisms in SolidWorks at an advanced level.

Drive design for manufacture across metals and plastics, including moulding and tooling, and manage the China relationship with 2–3 annual visits.

Qualifications

• Advanced SolidWorks including multi-part assemblies and complex surfacing.
• Solid background in metals and plastics, injection moulding and tooling.
• Experience handing designs to manufacturing, ideally with China exposure.

Responsibilities

• Take concepts from in-house designer and turn into manufacturable products.
• Own engineering from CAD through to production.
• Model assemblies and mechanisms in SolidWorks at an advanced level.
• Travel to China 2–3 times per year and mentor junior engineer.

Skills

SolidWorks

Design for manufacture

Moulding

Injection moulding

China liaison

FEA

Job description

Own a product from an industrial designer's concept through to full production, running the SolidWorks, the mechanisms, the moulding and the China relationship yourself. This Product Design Engineer role in Biggleswade pays £50,000 to £55,000.

Scope of the Role

As a Product Design Engineer, you will take concepts from the in-house industrial designer and turn them into manufacturable products, owning the engineering from CAD through to production:

• Model multi-part assemblies, linkages, mechanisms and complex surfacing in SolidWorks at an advanced level.
• Drive design for manufacture across metals and plastics, including moulding, overmoulding and tooling.
• Own the relationship with the China engineering team, travelling out two to three times a year.
• Mentor a more junior engineer moving into SolidWorks and design.

Key Skills and Experience Required

• Extensive experience as a Product Design Engineer, Design Engineer or Mechanical Design Engineer, concept to production.
• Advanced SolidWorks, including multi-part assemblies, linkages, mechanisms and complex surfacing, built unaided.
• A solid background in metals and plastics, injection moulding, overmoulding and mechanism design.
• Experience handing designs to manufacturing, ideally with China or Far East exposure.
• FEA experience is an advantage, not essential.

Salary and Benefits

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy more
• Pension contribution
• Mental health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 GP access
• Employee discount scheme and death in service insurance

As a Product Design Engineer here, you will join a small, tight design team of four to five, working alongside three engineers in China. A British heritage brand that is sold on design and pride of ownership as much as function, and has recently won an iF Design award, a Red Dot award and a Queen's Award. The newly refurbished studio has an open-plan floor and a fully kitted workshop. The business is growing and moving beyond its core category, giving you real scope to shape what comes next.