Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer focuses on inspect, maintain, repair, install, design, or improve technical systems according to the role.

What the role involves

• Inspect, maintain, repair, install, design, or improve technical systems according to the role.
• Diagnose issues, complete checks, and keep records or handovers accurate.

Skills and requirements

• MEng in mechanical engineering or similar, or equivalent experience.
• Mechanical design of systems involving optics, detectors and electronics.
• Product design involving high precision optical alignment.
• Expert use of mechanical engineering CAD systems (SolidWorks), tolerance analysis and thermal design.

Confirmed role details

• 25 days annual leave per year in addition to bank holidays.
• Up to 7% employer matched pension contribution.
• Give as You Earn and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice schemes.
• Annual Company and Individual bonus scheme.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• Mechanical design engineering of key modules and features, from product concept through to customer delivery.
• Test and evaluation, delivery to production and production support.
• Design and implement simple user interactions and ergonomics.