Product Engineer / Graduate Engineer in Birmingham

The Opportunity

As Design Engineer you will play a pivotal role within the design department, taking full ownership of projects from initial concept right through to completion. You will produce innovative, high-quality design solutions for a wide range of bespoke engineered products working on live projects for some of the most prestigious organisations in the UK.

You will report directly into the Design Manager and work closely with the Production Manager, Project Managers, and installation teams, ensuring your designs are accurate, compliant, and delivered on time. Your input will extend beyond pure design contributing to pre-sale solutions, marketing visuals, and continuous product improvement.

• Use SolidWorks to create concept designs and virtual prototypes across a diverse range of bespoke products, taking designs from initial client brief through to final completion.
• Produce technical drawings for installation and liaise directly with installation teams to ensure smooth, on-specification delivery on site.
• Work in close collaboration with the Production Manager and Project Managers to manage design timelines, meet project deadlines, and ensure designs are produced efficiently.
• Monitor the manufacturing process to verify products are being built in accordance with the approved design.
• Drive continuous improvement across the full product range, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance quality, efficiency, and value.
• Assist with pre-sale design solutions and contribute to costing exercises in support of the commercial team.
• Assist with marketing design and visuals, helping to present the company's capabilities to the highest standard.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving best practice in design and manufacture.

Demonstrable experience in the design of automated gate systems, barriers, turnstiles, or access control products is a core requirement of the role.

• Sound working knowledge of access control systems, including mechanical integration with electronic control and actuation components.
• Proficient in SolidWorks and AutoCAD with hands-on experience producing complex assemblies and detailed technical drawings in a professional engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of metal fabrication and welding processes, with the ability to design with those processes in mind.
• Knowledge of sheet metal folding and forming processes.
• Ability to carry out mechanical calculations to validate and support design decisions, including load, force, and structural integrity assessments relevant to gate and barrier applications.
• Experience with FEA (Finite Element Analysis) to support structural and mechanical validation of designs.
• Familiarity with the regulatory and compliance landscape applicable to automated gates, barriers, and access control including relevant machinery directives and safety standards.

A confident and effective communicator equally comfortable presenting to clients and coordinating with internal stakeholders across design, production, and project management.

• Commercially aware, with a sound understanding of how design decisions impact cost, programme, and margin.
• Strong planning and time management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent workstreams without compromising quality.
• Excellent reporting skills able to communicate clearly both upwards to the Design Manager and downwards to production and installation teams.

Competitive salary commensurate with your experience and capability. Full-time, permanent position within a stable, well-funded, and growing business. Real career progression this is a company that promotes from within and invests in its people for the long term. The chance to work on genuinely high-profile, technically complex, bespoke projects for prestigious clients. A collaborative, skilled team environment with real depth of engineering expertise around you. The security and backing of a wider group, combined with the culture and energy of a specialist business with its best years ahead of it. With a strong order book, a growing pipeline across public and private sectors, new geographies opening up, and a strategy built on quality and innovation, the design function is being strengthened to match that ambition. If you want a role where your skills will be fully stretched, your contribution genuinely valued, and your career actively supported this is the right move.