Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Contract Length: 3 to 6 Months with a potential to go permanent

Location: Oakley, Bedfordshire (3 days onsite a week)

About the Role

In this role, you will be heavily involved in the entire product development lifecycle-from early conceptual design and prototyping to integration, verification, and testing. If you have a passion for electric propulsion, eVTOL applications, and creating zero-compromise engineering solutions, we want you on our team.

What You Will Do

• Design & Innovate: Drive day-to-day CAD design activities using CAE, CAD, and CAM tools to develop innovative product concepts, prototypes, and metallic/composite components.

• Integrate Next-Gen Tech: Support payload and propulsion system integration (including all-electric and eVTOL applications). Work closely with the aircraft concepts team to assess performance impacts and drive aircraft-level optimization.

• Own the Lifecycle: Contribute to design, integration, verification, and testing from concept through to final assembly and manufacture.

• Ensure Quality & Compliance: Prepare and maintain rigorous engineering documentation, specifications, drawings (to recognized standards), DFMEAs, and risk assessments.

• Drive Project Success: Support program management by estimating, planning, tracking progress, and managing dependencies to ensure work packages are delivered on time, on budget, and within risk thresholds.

• Collaborate: Engage directly with customers to translate complex requirements into elegant engineering solutions while identifying opportunities to apply emerging technologies.

What You Bring (Required)

• Education: A Degree or HND in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

• Technical Proficiency: Extensive experience using SolidWorks, including solid modeling, surfacing, large assemblies, detailing, and BoM creation.

• Engineering Fundamentals: Strong understanding of material selection (metallic and composite) and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) principles.

• Analytical Skills: Ability to perform first-pass engineering analysis, including basic FEA and CFD, to validate and guide your design decisions.

• Hands-on Experience: Proven track record of supporting product development from early concept through prototype manufacturing, assembly, and testing.

Bonus Points (Desired)

• Direct experience working within the aerospace, UAV, defense, space, or advanced air mobility (AAM) sectors.

Apply today at Prasanna . merugu @ randstaddigital . com with your updated CV

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.