Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Near Edinburgh

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Near Edinburgh

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.

Role Outline

• Take the lead on 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.

• A strong background in mechanical design within a complex engineering environment.


• 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.

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 \& SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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