Mechanical Design Engineer in Elland

Location: Elland, HX5 9JP, United Kingdom

Hours: 37.5 hours

Working Pattern: Full-time, On-site 5 days per week

Are you a mechanical engineer who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, applying first‑principles thinking, and seeing your designs tested and validated in the real world? As a Mechanical Design Engineer at A‑SAFE, you’ll play a key role in delivering robust, high‑quality mechanical solutions across our New Product Development (NPD) portfolio. This is a hands‑on engineering role where your work directly contributes to innovative, safety‑critical products used in industrial environments worldwide.

You’ll work closely with Product Design Engineers, Testing, Manufacturing and Commercial teams to ensure every design is mechanically sound, validated, manufacturable and commercially viable.

How you will make an impact:

• Responsible for delivery of all assigned NPD projects/tasks, ensuring a strong foundation of mechanical principles with demonstrable effectiveness.
• Responding to Mechanical briefs with clear solutions and demonstrable mechanical thinking.
• Contribute actively to NPD projects, completing mechanical tasks as required alongside Product Design Engineers and other team members.
• Execute verification and validation practices, across internal and external assessments, at all stages of the NPD process, to ensure a validated, verified design.
• Collaborate with internal testing partners across mechanical projects, to ensure the effective assessment of mechanical concepts.
• Collaborate with internal and external manufacturing partners to ensure high levels of DFM and DFA at every stage.
• Carry out checks on CAD, drawings, and other deliverable documents to ensure a high level of output.
• Collaborate with commercial teams, to ensure design viability at every stage.
• Collaborate with adjacent A-SAFE departments to ensure the flow through of project information.
• Communicating progress through periodic project updates, both laterally across the NPD and wider team, and upwards to Head of NPD and R&D Director.
• Observe and communicate project risks, issues and mitigating actions to Head of NPD and R&D Director.
• Mentor, guide and steer other members of the NPD team through professional, contextual and design-based challenges.
• Represent the values of the NPD team and A-SAFE in every aspect of work.

What we are looking for:

• Strong level of technical skill, across all NPD process phases - research, definition, concept generation, concept development, DFM, DFA and preparation for launch, with the ability to lead, and complete tasks at every stage.
• Strong understanding of core mechanical principles – mechanics of solids, materials (polymers) and stress analysis (core principles and via FEA), with ability to communicate and demonstrate principles to others.
• Strong level of capability in core mechanical design practices – CAD (Inventor), concept generation, prototyping, testing, drawing production, DFMEAs.
• Strong understanding of validation methods and practices, through both internal validation and external validation to standards.
• Strong awareness of manufacturing processes and considerations, with strong practical experience, particularly injection moulding, extrusion and processing of polymers, elastomers and metals.
• High level of awareness of commercial factors, with demonstrable understanding of designing to product and project budgets.

You’ll also bring:

• A curious, analytical mindset with a passion for understanding root causes.
• High attention to detail and pride in engineering quality.
• The ability to organise, prioritise and manage multiple mechanical tasks.
• Confidence presenting ideas, explaining design decisions and contributing to technical discussions.
• A collaborative, team‑focused approach, this is not a “work in isolation” role.
• Motivation to see designs through testing, validation and manufacture.

Why you’ll love working with us:

You’ll join a growing, technically strong NPD team where mechanical engineering expertise is valued and encouraged. You’ll work on innovative, safety‑critical products that present real engineering challenges, from materials behaviour and impact performance to manufacturing constraints and validation requirements. This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact, develop your mechanical capability, and put your stamp on a growing discipline within A‑SAFE. You’ll be supported by experienced mechanical leaders, exposed to world‑first engineering challenges, and given the space to grow your career in a collaborative, engineering‑led environment. If you enjoy tackling complex mechanical problems, working hands‑on across the development lifecycle, and contributing to products that make a real difference, this role is for you.

Benefits:

• A subsidised on-site gym, available for all colleagues.
• Flexible start and finish times to fit around you and your lifestyle.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and NICU pay.
• 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy more.
• Cycle to work scheme, Specsavers vouchers, long service rewards, EAP.

For more information on our benefits, please see our benefits booklet.

About us:

Our story started in 1984, when A-SAFE set out to solve real workplace safety problems with better, more innovative products. Today, our solutions protect people, assets and operations for brands globally. We remain a family-owned business, built on strong values and long-term relationships. If you want to know what we stand for, you can learn more about our story and values. Our HQ in Elland, Halifax, is home to cutting-edge manufacturing technology and modern offices that reflect the quality of what we do. A-SAFE has grown organically over the years and now supports more than 6,000 customers across 50 countries. We are proud to work with global names such as Amazon, Coca Cola and BMW.