An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Design Engineer to join a dynamic product development team within a leading automotive organisation. This role focuses on design feasibility, CAD development, and collaboration across both technical and creative disciplines. This role is offered on a contract basis in Essex. We are looking for individuals with a curious and innovative mindset, a strong sense of design understanding, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams both inside and outside of the design department. Key Responsibilities: * Coordinate and support feasibility and design processes. * Deliver design feasibility status updates, hardpoints planning, and executive summaries. * Support technical benchmarking and identify best-practice technical solutions for project-specific needs. * Own the CAD design and development of complex components, including both single parts and assemblies with interdependent functions. * Collaborate with internal and external departments to align on technical requirements and resolve design challenges. * Review incoming CAD data for compliance with technical standards. * Ensure technical feasibility and correct dimensioning of CAD outputs (e.g., strength, rigidity, mass, centres of gravity, etc.). * Contribute to the continuous improvement of CAD data delivery in terms of timing and quality. * Develop and maintain project documentation, presentations, and CAD archives. * Manage storage, release, and archiving of CAD data within Teamcenter, following global data governance standards. Skills & Experience Required: * Minimum 3 years' experience in automotive exterior or interior design engineering. * Strong proficiency in 3D CAD design, particularly in complex component and assembly design. * Excellent communication and organisation skills. * Proven ability to coordinate technical deliverables and collaborate across departments. * Experience using Teamcenter or similar PLM systems for data release and archiving. Education Required: * Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. PLEASE NOTE To meet with current legislation, right to work checks will be carried out to ensure candidates can work in the UK. Regretfully, we are unable to support applications that require sponsorship. If you are interested in applying for the role of Design Engineer require further information, please contact: Leanne Eaton (phone number removed) (url removed)