Contract type: Permanent Location: Dundee, UK Working hours: 37.5 per week (Monday – Friday) Teams: Engineering Reporting to: Director of Engineering About us: Ace Aquatec is an award-winning aquaculture technology company specialising in welfare-first in-water electric stunners, marine mammal protection devices, biomass estimation and sea lice removal systems. We help customers thrive by making their operations efficient, ethical and sustainable. About the role: We’re looking for a creative and hands-on Advanced Development Engineer with a strong background in electro-mechanical systems to lead the design and development of breakthrough technologies for next-generation aquaculture solutions. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of mechanical design, electronics integration, and real-world systems engineering. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you’ll be responsible for owning early-stage development—from interpreting requirements and generating system concepts to delivering near-production-level prototypes ready for field testing. You'll operate independently in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment where your ability to think holistically and build practically will directly shape the future of sustainable food production. What you’ll be doing: · Leading the end-to-end development of innovative technologies, with a focus on concept generation, electro-mechanical design, and high quality functional prototyping. · Operating independently and proactively in a highly autonomous role, while maintaining alignment with strategic goals and engineering leadership. · Building and testing high quality physical prototypes to evaluate performance, validate ideas, and inform design iterations. · Applying a strong grasp of design principles and prototype manufacturing techniques across fabrication, plastic fabrication, machining (metal and plastic) and rapid prototyping. · Where required, ideally you will be able to produce CAD models, technical drawings, and supporting documentation using SolidWorks CAD. · Conducting design analysis, to ensure designs meet performance, cost, and safety targets. · Collaborating with software, mechanical and electrical teams to ensure overall system performance. · Contributing technical insight to proposals and product planning discussions. · Sharing knowledge and mentoring junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. The skills and experience you need: · A degree (or equivalent experience) in Mechatronics, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field. · 3-5 years of experience developing electro-mechanical products, from early concepts to near-production prototypes. · Proven ability to independently own product development lifecycles, including concept generation, prototyping, and iteration. · Practical experience with mechanical design for systems incorporating electronics, sensors, actuators, or control modules. · Strong prototyping and troubleshooting skills—comfortable building and refining integrated systems in the lab or field. · Working knowledge of manufacturing methods such as sheet metal fabrication, plastic molding, CNC machining, cabling/harnessing and rapid prototyping technologies. · Experience with design for assembly, environmental sealing, EMI considerations, and electrical-mechanical interface design. · Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to clearly convey ideas across interdisciplinary teams.