Mechanical Design Engineer in London

Help farmers produce better crops and help food producers make their products healthier and more sustainable Design and develop cutting-edge, AI-powered industrial machinery that is changing the food sector Become part of a major growth journey for a Scottish engineering business: as it grows, so will your career THE CLIENT A business that helps farmers save serious money and time on crops that are notoriously hard to harvest, using AI-guided machinery, while turning the part of the crop that is normally left in the field into an ingredient that makes everyday ready meals, burgers and sausages healthier. It works for growers on one side and for food manufacturers on the other, and both get a result they could not get before. For growers, the machine does work that would normally need a whole crew of seasonal pickers, deciding what to cut in a fraction of a second. It is a simpler, faster and lower-cost design than the alternative on the market, which is a big part of why growers are signing up. For food manufacturers, the ingredient made from what is left behind helps familiar products move towards a better front-of-pack rating, and major UK supermarkets and food manufacturers are already working with the business. The technology has been four years in development and has come through its commissioning trials this season. It is backed by significant investment, and it is now moving from proven prototype towards a commercial fleet. A new engineering base in Dundee is being set up alongside a planned production operation, with ambitions to take the technology to America and the funding to go after them. It is rare to find a machine that is proven in the field and still early enough that the engineers building it decide where it goes next. THE ROLE You will decide how the machine is built. The role is mechanical design of the harvester itself: the cutting head and cutting mechanisms, the gripping and