Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Crawley, West Sussex
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 DOE

We are recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join an established product design and manufacturing business based in Crawley.

This Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role will suit someone with strong SolidWorks experience, good drawing office practice, and a proven background taking products from concept through to manufacture.
 
The work will involve 3D modelling, 2D production drawings, BOMs, tolerance reviews, tooling feedback, rapid prototypes, ECNs and design-for-manufacture.

The successful Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will work across mechanical product design, plastics, injection moulding, vacuum forming, sheet metal and fabricated parts.
 
You will also work closely with electronics, NPI, production, suppliers and overseas manufacturing teams.

Key duties include:

Designing products from concept through to manufacture
Producing SolidWorks 3D assemblies and 2D production drawings
Designing plastic, sheet metal and fabricated components
Reviewing tooling DFM reports and supplier feedback
Creating BOMs, tolerance reviews and ECN updates
Supporting jigs, fixtures, packaging and production improvements
Managing workload against project timelines and milestones The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will need:

Strong SolidWorks experience
Proven mechanical product design background
Good understanding of drawing office standards
Product lifecycle experience
Plastics, injection moulding or vacuum forming experience
Good communication across engineering, production and suppliers This is a strong opportunity for a hands-on mechanical design engineer who enjoys full lifecycle product design and wants to work in a technical, manufacturing-led environment