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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Edinburgh - 55K plus Bonus

LorienEdinburgh, Scotland🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 11 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
£55k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

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.<br />Work closely with colleagues to translate technical requirements and define design solutions to engineering challenges/barriers.<br />Create and review engineering drawings, documentation and product data in line with internal controls.<br />Support prototype development, testing, materials selection, and product verification activities.<br />Manage smaller projects in the team and work with colleagues of other disciplines to deliver successfully.<br />Contribute to the reviewing of technical documentation, drawings, and engineering standards to ensure quality and compliance.<br />Use analysis/modelling/experimental data to guide design decisions.<br />Mentor other Engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.<br />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 engineering environment.<br />Strong record of concept development, system-level design, prototyping, solution delivery and improvement.<br />Degree-qualified/equivalent industry record in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.<br />Record of tackling technically challenging projects and guiding less senior Engineers.<br />Strong understanding of CAD tooling, engineering drawings, materials selection, tolerance control and design for manufacture/DfX principles.<br />Confidence in verification testing, RCA, and structured problem solving.<br />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.

Apply with your latest CV for immediate consideration. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien &amp; SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Skills

CAD
Mechanical Design

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