Are you an experienced Senior Design Engineer who enjoys owning projects end-to-end and being hands-on with design, calculations and customer delivery? Do you thrive in a small, technical engineering team where your expertise genuinely shapes products and outcomes? If so, this could be an excellent next step.
We’re supporting a specialist engineering and manufacturing business operating in a highly regulated technical environment, supplying engineered solutions to demanding customers. This is a senior, hands-on design role with real influence across projects, customers and internal stakeholders.
What’s the role all about?
As the Senior Design Engineer, you’ll lead individual design projects from concept through to production, working closely with Sales, Applications and Manufacturing. You’ll be responsible for ensuring designs are technically robust, compliant, delivered on time and within budget.
You’ll also act as Account Engineer for a key established customer, managing technical engagement from initial quotation through to final product release.
Your responsibilities will include:
Leading and delivering design projects to agreed timescales
Producing, reviewing and approving drawings, specifications and technical reports
Carrying out detailed design calculations (stress, tolerance, verification)
Preparing technical proposals, tenders and customer documentation
Managing technical input during New Product Introduction (NPI)
Developing validation methods to confirm product performance
Preparing engineering sign-off packs and databooks
Supporting Sales, Manufacturing and customers with technical expertise
Monitoring project costs against agreed budgets
Contributing to improvements in engineering processes, systems and data management
This is a role for someone who enjoys responsibility, variety and technical depth.
What you’ll need
To succeed as a Senior Design Engineer, you’ll bring:
HNC / HND / Degree in an Engineering discipline
Minimum 4+ years’ industry experience in a design engineering role
Strong understanding of the full design lifecycle from concept to production
Competence in CAD and 3D solid modelling
Good working knowledge of fluid mechanics theory and practice
Experience producing technical documentation and customer sign-off packs
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects
Desirable experience (not essential)
AutoCAD Inventor / Autodesk Vault / MathCAD
DFMEA / PFMEA
Pressure vessel design (PD5500, ASME, PED)
FEA / CFD
Injection moulding experience
Supplying into regulated sectors (e.g. nuclear)
Fabrication and welding environments
Project management exposure
Who you are
You’re methodical, detail-driven and comfortable taking ownership. You communicate clearly, work well with others and take pride in delivering designs that meet regulatory, customer and commercial requirements.
You’ll be:
A strong team player
Highly organised and disciplined
Confident managing priorities and deadlines
Focused on quality, compliance and accuracy
Comfortable working with customers and internal teams
What’s in it for you?
Competitive salary
Senior, hands-on technical role with real ownership
Varied project and customer exposure
Opportunity to influence engineering processes and standards
Stable, long-term position within a specialist engineering business
Ready to take the next step?
If you’re a Senior Design Engineer looking for a role where your technical expertise genuinely matters, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion.
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