Senior Design Engineer | Bournemouth | £55,000

Are you a Senior Design Engineer who thrives in a fast–paced engineering environment where precision, autonomy and technical leadership are front and centre? This is your chance to drive high-level mechanical design projects while influencing product development across a growing engineering function.

As a Senior Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in delivering innovative mechanical solutions, improving processes, and ensuring complex products meet strict cost, quality and regulatory expectations.

As a Senior Design Engineer, you will benefit from:

• Autonomy to lead engineering activities from concept through to qualification
• Direct involvement in major design and development projects
• A technically engaging environment with input from multiple engineering disciplines
• Opportunities to influence continuous improvement and process efficiency
• Supportive leadership with clear development pathways
• A stable, established employer with a strong engineering heritage
• Occasional travel to suppliers and partner sites to broaden your technical understanding

As a Senior Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading design activities to meet programme budgets, milestones and engineering gates
• Ensuring all engineering outputs align with internal processes, quality standards and regulatory requirements
• Coordinating daily reviews with engineering teams, providing guidance and technical direction
• Leading troubleshooting and failure investigations when required
• Producing qualification documents and supporting engineering change management
• Driving improvements through lessons learned and operational excellence initiatives

As a Senior Design Engineer, your experience will include:

• Experience across manufacturing and design processes
• Strong development, problem-solving and technical leadership skills
• Proven ability to deliver and report against KPIs
• Excellent communication skills across multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Strong attention to detail with process-driven working
• A degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant engineering apprenticeship (desirable)

If you're ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today with an up-to-date CV or call Amber at Rubicon for more information.