Design a mechanism that restores movement to someone who lost it, from a blank sheet between two fixed interfaces on a new robotic prosthetic subsystem. This Senior Mechanical Engineer role is in Leeds, hybrid around 2 days a week, paying up to £60,000, with flexibility to £65,000 for the right person.
Scope of the Role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you own the mechanical design of a subsystem end to end, from a blank sheet to a tested, manufacturable design.
- Design load‑bearing, moving structures at small scale, to tight packaging constraints.
- Take concepts into SolidWorks and produce detailed designs, with drawings to BS 8888.
- Run structural and tolerance analysis behind your designs, including FEA and hand calculations.
- Build custom test fixtures and take your designs through verification and validation.
- Select materials and manufacturing methods with design for manufacture and assembly in mind.
Key Skills and Experience Required
- Extensive experience in mechanical design, as a Senior Mechanical Engineer or Mechanical Design Engineer, not product design or CAD only.
- A track record designing moving assemblies, mechanisms or articulated parts, with bearings and constraints.
- Experience in a regulated environment such as medical devices, aerospace or defence, with risk management.
- Experience owning mechanical engineering as sole or near sole engineer, not one of a large team.
- Confident in SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD, with full existing UK right to work.
Salary and Benefits
- Up to £60,000 base salary, with flexibility to £65,000 for an exceptional candidate
- Hybrid working, around 2 days a week on site
- A direct line to the technical lead, with no project managers in the way
- Full ownership of a subsystem, with real say over materials, methods and test approach
The team is building a new robotic prosthetic device from the ground up, and you own a defined subsystem within it. It is a small team, fewer than five people, giving you real ownership and a direct line to the lead. What you design ends up on someone’s arm, giving them back function they had lost.
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