At a Glance
- Tasks: Transform concepts into manufacturable products using advanced SolidWorks and drive design for manufacture.
- Company: Award-winning British manufacturer of high-end pushchairs and nursery products.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, mental health support, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor junior engineers and travel to China for collaboration.
- Why this job: Join a tight-knit team and shape innovative designs that win prestigious awards.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in product design and advanced SolidWorks skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 55000 £ per year.
Two Project Baby awards this year, a Red Dot and i F Award on the shelf, and a seat where you own the mechanism, the moulding and a China handover.
This Product Design Engineer role in Biggleswade pays £50,000 to £55,000 with hybrid working available after probation.
Scope of the Role As a Product Design Engineer, you will take concepts from the in-house industrial designer and turn them into manufacturable products, owning the engineering from CAD through to production: Model multi-part assemblies, linkages, mechanisms and complex surfacing in Solid Works at anadvanced level.
Drive design for manufacture across metals and plastics, including moulding, overmoulding and tooling.
Own the relationship with the China engineering team, travelling out two to three times a year.
Mentor a more junior engineer moving into Solid Works and design.
Key Skills and Experience Required Extensive experience as a Product Design Engineer, Design Engineer or Mechanical Design Engineer, concept to production.
Advanced Solid Works, including multi-part assemblies, linkages, mechanisms and complex surfacing, built unaided.
A solid background in metals and plastics, injection moulding, overmoulding and mechanism design.
Experience handing designs to manufacturing, ideally with China or Far East exposure.
FEA experience is an advantage, not essential.
Salary and Benefits £50,000 to £55,000 Hybrid working, three days on-site, available after a successful probation period 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy more Pension contribution Mental health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 GP access Employee discount scheme and death in service insurance As a Product Design Engineer here, you will join a small, tight design team of four to five, working alongside three engineers in China.
This British, family-owned manufacturer of high-end pushchairs and nursery products is sold on design and pride of ownership as much as function, and has recently won an i F Design award, a Red Dot award and a Queen's Award.
The newly refurbished studio has an open-plan floor and a fully kitted workshop.
The business is growing and moving beyond its core category, giving you real scope to shape what comes next.
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