Senior Mechanical Engineer

SoCode Recruitment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SoCode Recruitment is partnering with a Cambridge-based medical technology company to recruit a Senior Mechanical Engineer who will own major design work across the electromechanical system.

This hands-on role covers from early concepts through detailed design, prototype builds, testing and release into production, collaborating with electronics, software, systems, manufacturing and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical parts for production and verifying through the full lifecycle.
• SolidWorks proficiency with solid and surface modelling.
• Knowledge of design for manufacture across machining, sheet metal and injection moulding.
• Ability to justify designs from first principles and own complex work packages.
• Strong drawing skills and ability to create and interpret technical drawings and reports.
• Educated to degree level in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.

Responsibilities

• Run mechanical design activity on new products and improvements within a regulated design process.
• Own end-to-end work packages rather than isolated tasks.
• Model parts and assemblies in SolidWorks, using surface modelling as needed.
• Design for manufacture across machining, sheet metal and molding.
• Prototype and test rigs, then iterate designs based on findings.
• Produce and review drawings and configuration documentation to high standards.
• Write technical reports to support verification activity and design reviews.
• Investigate product problems and implement fixes.
• Share knowledge with less experienced engineers and act as a technical sounding board.
• Help shape team tools, standards and ways of working as the department grows.

Skills

SolidWorks

Mechanical design

Design for manufacture

Prototyping

Technical documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Socode are partnering with a Cambridge-based medical technology company developing a next-generation system used in minimal access surgery. As the platform continues to evolve, they're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to take ownership of significant design work packages across the wider electromechanical system.

The role is a genuinely hands-on one. You'll pick up sizeable pieces of design work and see them all the way through. You'll be involved from early concepts, detailed design, prototype builds, testing and eventually release into production. Day to day you'll be working closely with electronics, software, systems, manufacturing and quality colleagues on a product where the mechanical detail really matters. Hybrid working is on offer, with three days a week expected on site.

What will you be doing?

• Running mechanical design activity on new products and product improvements, working within a regulated design process
• Holding end-to-end responsibility for your own work packages rather than picking up isolated tasks
• Modelling parts and assemblies in SolidWorks, using surfacing where the geometry calls for it
• Designing for real-world manufacture across machined, sheet metal and moulded components
• Getting hands on with prototypes and test rigs, then using what you learn to improve the design
• Producing and reviewing drawings and configuration documentation to a high standard
• Writing up technical reports to support verification activity and design reviews
• Digging into product problems, working out what's actually causing them, and putting fixes in place
• Sharing knowledge with less experienced engineers and acting as a technical sounding board
• Helping shape the team's tools, standards and ways of working as the department grows

What are they looking for?

• A background in mechanical design where products you've worked on have made it into production
• Confident SolidWorks user, comfortable with both solid and surface modelling
• Good grasp of design for manufacture across machining, sheet metal and injection moulding
• Able to size and justify designs from first principles rather than relying on iteration alone
• Used to owning technically complex work and being accountable for the outcome
• Pragmatic decision-maker who can weigh up cost, quality, manufacturability and timescales
• Strong on drawings - creating them, checking them and interpreting other people's
• Comfortable writing technical documentation such as reports and design review material
• Educated to degree level in Mechanical Engineering or something closely related

Nice to have

• Time spent in a regulated industry, ideally medical devices under ISO 13485 and/or IEC 60601
• Involvement in transferring designs into low volume manufacture
• Familiarity with BS 8888, and ideally GD&T to ISO 1101