Senior Mechanical Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in aerospace and defence as a Senior Design Engineer, responsible for developing cutting-edge products and mentoring junior engineers. This position offers a competitive salary and a suite of benefits designed to enhance employee well-being.

Benefits

Group personal pension plan

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Company sick pay

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised restaurant facility

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in mechanical engineering and new product development.
• Hands-on CAD experience to British standards.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers and guide best practices.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate on engineering challenges.
• Create quotes for NPIS and manage component cost and drawings.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

NPI

CAD

DfM

Project management

Mentoring

Job description

Job Description

Shape the future of interconnect technology in aerospace and defence as a Senior Design Engineer.

Join a global leader in interconnect solutions, with over 50 years of innovation and advanced engineering at its core, offering exciting opportunities to deliver new products from concept to supply.

You will play a key role in the development and optimisation of cutting-edge products for critical applications and delivering commercial interconnect solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on best practices in mechanical design, material selection, and testing methods.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex engineering challenges.
• Create quotes for NPIS and report on progress, including component cost, labour and overhead, plating, and NRE.
• Responsibility for configuration control for drawings, manufacturing documentation and ERP.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in mechanical engineering, with a focus on new product development in a customer-facing role
• Hands-on CAD experience creating models and drawings to British standards (e.g. BS standards) with consideration given to design for manufacturing, tolerances and machining
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques
• Experience working across the NPI lifecycle from concept through to delivery

Key Information:

• Role: Senior/Lead Mechanical Design/Development Engineer
• Salary: Circa £50,000
• Location: Whitstable, Kent (On-Site)
• Eligibility: Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)

Benefits:

• Group personal pension plan
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Company sick pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised restaurant facility
• Free onsite parking

Key Skills:

Mechanical engineering, NPI, CAD, DfM, project management, whole lifecycle, customer-facing, mentoring

Bring your mechanical design skills to the forefront of innovation—apply now!

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

This is a permanent position.