Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Precision Robotics

Cellular Origins; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Employer pension contribution of 10%

Private medical insurance for depend-+

Enhanced family friendly leave

Life insurance worth 6x salary

Electric car leasing scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Cellular Origins is hiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to own the mechanical design of critical modules in our robotic manufacturing platform. You will move concepts from prototype to manufacturable reality, ensuring repeatable, robust performance in demanding environments.

You will collaborate with chemistry, software, robotics and systems teams, applying tolerance analyses and 3D CAD (SolidWorks) to deliver reliable electromechanical products suitable for GMP contexts.

Qualifications

• A Mechanical Engineering degree, or a science-based degree with strong, relevant industrial experience.
• Hands-on experience designing precision devices across length scales from tens of microns to tens of millimetres.
• Proven experience developing complex electromechanical products and delivering them into manufacture.
• Proven experience working in cross-functional / cross-disciplinary teams.
• Experience leveraging analytical techniques to support design decisions with a focus on tolerance analyses, FEA and motor calculations.
• Strong 3D CAD capability, ideally SolidWorks.
• Deep knowledge of material selection and manufacturing processes.
• Experience improving designs until they are consistently reliable, not simply functional.
• Ability to work collaboratively, challenge assumptions and make sound engineering decisions with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Own the detailed mechanical design of critical modules within our robotic manufacturing platform.
• Turn early concepts and prototypes into stable, manufacturable designs that perform consistently.
• Build detailed tolerance analyses and use analytical techniques to understand and improve performance.
• Make thoughtful decisions around materials, manufacturing methods and component design.
• Work hands-on with prototypes and hardware, learning quickly and feeding that back into better designs.
• Collaborate with engineers from other disciplines to solve system-level challenges.
• Use experience to spot risks early and guide designs from “it works” to “it works all the time”.
• Help raise the standard of mechanical design across the team by sharing judgement and methods.

Skills

Precision design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tolerance analyses

FEA

Motor calculations

SolidWorks

Material selection

Manufacturing processes

Regulatory GMP

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Science-based degree + industrial experience

Tools

None

Job description

Cellular Origins is hiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to own the mechanical design of critical modules in our robotic manufacturing platform. You will move concepts from prototype to manufacturable reality, ensuring repeatable, robust performance in demanding environments.

You will collaborate with chemistry, software, robotics and systems teams, applying tolerance analyses and 3D CAD (SolidWorks) to deliver reliable electromechanical products suitable for GMP contexts.