Senior Mechanical Engineer

SR2; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 in Reading is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own hardware from concept through to scalable production. You'll contribute to high-speed motors and electromechanical assemblies in a hands-on startup environment.

Join a small team moving from prototype to volume manufacturing, tackling thermal, mechanical, and manufacturing challenges while delivering robust, manufacturable solutions.

Qualifications

• Own mechanical designs from concept to scalable production.
• Experience designing rotating machinery and motors.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical designs from concept to scalable production.
• Work on high-speed motors, shafts, bearings, housings and rotor assemblies.
• Address thermal challenges and manufacturing processes to enable volume production.

Skills

Mechanical design

Startup mentality

Rotating machinery

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Reading | £Competitive| 5 Days Onsite

This is workign with a fast-growing UK engineering startup, developing high-performance electric propulsion systems for autonomous and defence platforms.

They’re moving from prototypes into volume production and need a Senior Mechanical Engineer who can own hardware from concept through to something that can actually be manufactured at scale.

Expect to work on high-speed motors, shafts, bearings, housings, rotor assemblies, thermal challenges and the machinery/processes needed to build them.

The Essentials

• 1. Mechanical Engineering Expertise

  Strong fundamentals and the ability to own mechanical designs rather than just CAD someone else's ideas.

• 2. Startup mentality

  Comfortable moving quickly, dealing with ambiguity and building cool products without needing a huge team or process around you.

• 3. Things that move

  Experience designing rotating machinery, motors, electromechanical systems or other machines with moving parts.

  Big bonus if you have experience with electric motors, thermal analysis, FEA, aerospace/UAVs, defence, SolidWorks, DFM or taking hardware from prototype into production.

You'll join a small engineering team where the decisions you make now will end up in the production hardware.

This is seriously exciting. It's plugging a huge gap in the market, with realistic projection to become a future unicorn (The founders have built and sold businesses at this scale before).