Senior Design Engineer - Mechanical Innovation

Swegon UK&I; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Swegon UK&I is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to provide technical leadership for the design, development and lifecycle support of mechanical products at our Whitstable site. The role covers reverse engineering, redesign of legacy products, and new development to meet functional, cost, manufacturing and regulatory requirements.

You will lead a team through concept, development and validation, ensuring designs comply with health, safety and regulatory standards while driving technical direction

Qualifications

• 5+ to 10+ years of mechanical design engineering experience.
• Experience in reverse engineering and redesign of legacy products.
• Prototype development and testing experience.
• Engineering analysis experience (FEA/calculations).
• Technical leadership or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all designs and development activities comply with health, safety and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership across mechanical product design, development and lifecycle support.
• Lead reverse engineering to analyse, redesign and improve existing products.
• Develop concept designs based on analysis, test data and requirements.
• Produce 2D/3D CAD models and drawings using AutoCAD.
• Plan and execute prototype manufacture including build and evaluation.
• Design and conduct Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Perform FEA analysis (Nastran).
• Analyse test data to drive product improvement.
• Own technical problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Support manufacturing and resolve design issues.
• Maintain technical documentation and reports.

Skills

Mechanical design

Reverse engineering

Prototype development

Technical leadership

FEA/calculations

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Nastran

Job description

Swegon UK&I is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to provide technical leadership for the design, development and lifecycle support of mechanical products at our Whitstable site. The role covers reverse engineering, redesign of legacy products, and new development to meet functional, cost, manufacturing and regulatory requirements.

You will lead a team through concept, development and validation, ensuring designs comply with health, safety and regulatory standards while driving technical direction