At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex mechanical design projects and mentor junior engineers.
- Company: Established Scottish engineering firm with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous bonus, hybrid working, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible hours and a focus on employee happiness.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a precision-led environment while shaping future technology.
- Qualifications: Degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in complex design.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 55000 £ per year.
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Near Edinburgh Hybrid - 55K plus Bonus
Lorien is supporting their longstanding, highly regarded and Scottish-born client in the search for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join its product development team.
This is a senior-ranking opportunity for someone who enjoys leading complex design work, shaping technical direction, and working across multidisciplinary projects in a precision-led environment.
- Role Outline
- Take the lead on concept development, system-level design and release.
- Work closely with colleagues to translate technical requirements and define design solutions to engineering challenges/barriers.
- Create and review engineering drawings, documentation and product data in line with internal controls.
- Support prototype development, testing, materials selection, and product verification activities.
- Manage smaller projects in the team and work with colleagues of other disciplines to deliver successfully.
- Contribute to the reviewing of technical documentation, drawings, and engineering standards to ensure quality and compliance.
- Mentor other Engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.
- Help shape future development plans by contributing ideas for new technology and product improvement.
- What they’re looking for
- A strong background in mechanical design within a complex engineering environment.
- Degree-qualified/equivalent industry record in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Record of tackling technically challenging projects and guiding less senior Engineers.
- Strong understanding of CAD tooling, engineering drawings, materials selection, tolerance control and design for manufacture/Df X principles.
- Confidence in verification testing, RCA, and structured problem solving.
- Exposure to regulated, high-specification, or precision engineering environments would be advantageous.
- Conclusion
This is an excellent opportunity to join an established business where you can make a genuine impact at a senior level.
If you’re looking for a role that combines hands‑on engineering depth with cross‑functional influence, we’d be keen to hear from you.
In return, you’ll join a supportive organisation well versed in keeping their staff happy plus a generous bonus scheme, hybrid working model plus flexible start/finish times, annual salary reviews, plenty of opportunities to upskill and progress professionally, and a range of other benefits (that they’ve recently added to again) designed with employee happiness in mind.
Apply with your latest CV for immediate consideration.
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