Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Commutable from: Huntingdon, Cambridge, Peterborough, St Neots, Bedford, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Northampton, Biggleswade and surrounding areas.

Salary: Up to £55,000 + Benefits

Hybrid Working Available

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Role - Huntingdon - Up to £55k - Hybrid Working

Our client is a specialist engineering business with a long-established reputation for developing lightweight, safety-critical products for a high-regulation industry.

Their solutions are used by leading OEM's manufacturers and operators across the UK and internationally, helping to improve safety, efficiency and passenger experience.

Due to continued growth and investment, they are looking to appoint a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their Engineering team at their Huntingdon Manufacturing HQ.

This Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role is a hands-on role offering the opportunity to take ownership of projects from concept through to manufacture, working closely with customers, suppliers and production teams to develop innovative and practical engineering solutions.

You'll be involved throughout the full product lifecycle, supporting new product development, refurbishment programmes, reverse engineering activities and continuous product improvement initiatives.

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Role

Operating within a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environment, you'll enjoy genuine variety and the opportunity to work across a broad range of products, projects and engineering challenges.

You will play a key role in delivering engineering solutions that balance technical performance, manufacturability, quality and commercial objectives.

This is an opportunity to see your designs move from concept and development through to manufacture and real-world application.

Key Responsibilities of Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Produce high-quality 3D CAD models, manufacturing drawings and technical documentation using SolidWorks

Take ownership of engineering projects from concept through to manufacture

Develop practical engineering solutions to customer requirements

Support new product development, redesign and reverse engineering activities

Design jigs, fixtures and tooling to support manufacturing and assembly processes

Design fabricated and manufactured components including sheet m...