Senior Product Design Engineer

Mars Recruitment; Witney; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An amazing opportunity awaits a talented Senior Product Design Engineer to join a globally renowned manufacturer. This role involves designing innovative products from concept to testing, ensuring quality and compliance throughout the process. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering or design, with at least three years of experience in product development and project management. Enjoy a competitive salary, annual bonuses, and a range of benefits including flexible working policies and a supportive work environment. If you are passionate about product design and ready to make an impact, this role is for you.

Benefits

Annual Bonus

25 Days Annual Leave

Flexible Working Policies

Employer Matched Pension Scheme

Death in Service Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

On-site Parking

'WeCare' Well-being Programme

Training and Development

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years design experience post-university.
• Experience in product development and project management.

Responsibilities

• Design and modify drawings based on customer briefs.
• Ensure designs are FMEA compliant before manufacturing.
• Create costed design briefs with accurate cost tracking.

Skills

Product Design

Project Management

Cost Control

FMEA

CAD Systems

Electronic Systems

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Design

Degree in Physics

Degree in Chemistry

Tools

CAD Software

Job description

Senior Product Design Engineer Plastics Witney up to GBP50,000pa plus GBP5k to GBP8k bonus & benefits:

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Senior Product Design Engineer to join a globally renowned manufacturer who have been leaders within their industry for decades. The successful Senior Product Design Engineer will be joining a talented R&D team who are designing brand new products, from conception, into design, design modification and testing, and then being the design liaison with manufacturing.

If you’re passionate about product design, then this opportunity is one not to be missed. Applications are welcome from a range of educational / technical backgrounds, you may have studied product design, engineering, or science and have a minimum of 3 years post University or studies design experience.

Senior Product Design Engineer Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Carry out the design, delivery, modification and rectification of drawings for customer briefs
2. Ensure all designs are thought through with a degree of FMEA carried out before manufacturing, reducing performance shortfalls
3. Ensure the Design Plan maintains the view of product development
4. Setting of milestone tracking for all project activities to ensure design costs are kept within budget
5. Create a fully costed design brief as defined by the Product Management team. Ensure all costs, including labour input is recorded correctly
6. Abide by company safety guidelines for example wearing appropriate PPE for testing

The ideal Senior Product Design Engineer will:

1. Have a recognised degree in Engineering, Design, Physics or Chemistry
2. Have previously been the design lead, with experience in product development, project management and project cost control
3. Be able to design products using various CAD systems, ideally plastic components and injection moulded parts
4. Experience / knowledge in Electronic systems, control or circuit design is desirable

Working Hours & Benefits:

1. Monday - Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00
2. Friday: 09:00 - 16:30
3. Annual Bonus GBP8,000 (paid quarterly based on targets)
4. 25 Days Annual Leave
5. One-hour unpaid lunch break (34.5 hours)
6. Flexible working policies (core hours / distance flex - if applicable)
7. Employer matched pension scheme (5%)
8. Death in Service Scheme
9. Cycle to work scheme
10. On-site parking
11. 'WeCare' well-being programme
12. Training and Development
13. Employee Discounts

If you’re a Product Design Engineer, Product Designer or Design Engineer with experience in plastic product design, please send MARS Recruitment a copy of your CV for immediate review.

MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days; unfortunately, if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).