Mechanical Design Engineer

If you’re a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on precision, performance and real-world application, this is an opportunity to join a highly specialised engineering business in Worcester. Your designs directly power advanced systems used in demanding environments worldwide. This isn’t a desk-only design role, you’ll see your concepts move from initial idea through detailed modelling, build, test and commissioning. You’ll be working on-site five days a week at the Worcester facility, collaborating closely with production and commissioning teams, working 37 hours per week with an early finish on Friday’s. The salary is around £40,000, with flexibility for someone who brings the right depth of rotating machinery expertise.

Responsibilities of the Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Designing and developing mechanical components and assemblies for dynamometers, systems and associated products
• Translating customer requirements into practical, cost-effective and manufacturable design solutions
• Contributing to product testing and validation to ensure performance, safety and regulatory compliance
• Producing and maintaining technical documentation including drawings, specifications, manuals and test procedures
• Creating and managing components and BOM’s within Visibility
• Refining existing product designs to improve performance, durability and manufacturability
• Troubleshooting and solving component and system faults across the product life-cycle
• Designing tailored mechanical solutions to meet specific customer applications
• Provide technical input to customer proposals and product capabilities.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, production and field service teams
• Keeping up to date with new technologies, materials and engineering best practice

Qualifications and Experience needed for this Mechanical Design Engineer role:

• HNC/HND or Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience designing water brake dynamometers or rotating components.
• Strong, current proficiency in SolidWorks.
• Experience with PLM systems, FEA and CFD
• Knowledge of analysis tools such as ANSYS or similar
• Experience with MATLAB, Excel, LabVIEW or equivalent tools
• Strong grounding in mechanics, thermodynamics, kinematics and materials science
• Clear technical communication and strong documentation skills
• A thorough, organised, inquisitive and self-driven approach to engineering

The benefits to you as a Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Annual salary of £40,000
• Working Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am – 4.30pm and Fridays 8am – 12.45pm.
• The chance to work on specialist, high-performance engineering products
• Project Ownership- from design through to build, installation and commissioning
• Work within an engineering team where your ideas are valued
• 25 day's holiday plus bank holidays
• A stable, established engineering environment where quality and integrity matter

If you’re someone who takes pride in precise engineering, enjoys solving complex mechanical challenges, and wants to see your work operating in the real world – click apply!