Senior Design Engineer – Safety-Critical Mechanical Devices

Impact Recruitment Services; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% pension contribution

Early finish every Friday at 12:30

Permanent position

Complete product lifecycle exposure

Work on safety-critical products

Direct involvement with customers and

Job summary

Impact Recruitment is seeking an experienced Design Engineer for a UK-based specialist engineering business delivering safety-critical products to industrial and military customers. You will own projects across the full product lifecycle, collaborating with manufacturing, quality, customers and suppliers.

This hands-on role covers CAD design, prototyping, testing and DFMEA, with responsibility for producing detailed drawings and supporting production.

Qualifications

• Have experience taking manufactured products from concept through to production.
• Strong mechanical engineering and product design background.
• Experience with 3D CAD and detailed engineering drawings.
• Understanding of design for manufacture.
• Experience with manufacturing processes such as injection moulding, rubber moulding, precision machining or fabrication.
• Experience with close-tolerance mechanical systems and rapid prototyping.
• Engineering qualification; degree desirable but not essential with strong practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop safety-critical mechanical products for industrial and military applications.
• Take products from initial concept through design, 3D modelling, prototyping, testing and production.
• Produce detailed engineering drawings and 3D CAD models.
• Support manufacturing with design and technical queries.
• Work on product improvements and new product development (NPI).
• Apply design and quality tools, including DFMEA.
• Design and develop jigs, fixtures and prototypes where required.
• Support testing, design experiments and quality activities.
• Liaise with customers, suppliers and external testing organisations.
• Manage external design and testing resources where required.
• Provide technical problem solving and manufactured product support.
• Work to relevant regulatory and published engineering standards.

Skills

3D CAD

Detail drawings

Product design

DFMEA

Prototype development

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CREO Parametric

SolidWorks

Pro/Engineer

Job description

Impact Recruitment is seeking an experienced Design Engineer for a UK-based specialist engineering business delivering safety-critical products to industrial and military customers. You will own projects across the full product lifecycle, collaborating with manufacturing, quality, customers and suppliers.

This hands-on role covers CAD design, prototyping, testing and DFMEA, with responsibility for producing detailed drawings and supporting production.