Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Edinburgh - 55K plus Bonus - #2099060

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 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. 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.