Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Near Edinburgh – 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.
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.
Role Outline
- Contribute across the spectrum including 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.
- Use analysis/modelling/experimental data to guide design decisions.
- 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 for multi–component systems within a complex precision–style engineering environment.
- Strong record of concept development, system–level design, prototyping, solution delivery and improvement.
- 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/DfX 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.
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