Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&D

Company: Pertemps
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Location: Clevedon
Job Description:

Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&DSalary: Up to £53,000 per annum (DOE)Location: Clevedon (Hybrid working available)Industry: Semiconductor / Mechanical Engineering / Product DevelopmentReporting to: Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&D to deliver best-practice mechanical engineering solutions for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

You will play a key role in the technical delivery of mechanical design across subsystems and technology developments, ensuring robust engineering governance, compliance, and high-quality delivery across the full product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery & Engineering Leadership 

  • Take responsibility for mechanical engineering delivery across projects and subsystems
  • Lead and guide mechanical engineering activities within cross-functional project teams
  • Provide technical expertise across product development and technology programmes

Engineering Standards & Governance 

  • Promote and implement best-practice mechanical engineering approaches
  • Ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, and industry standards
  • Support effective technical governance across all engineering outputs

Project Delivery & Work Package Management 

  • Support creation and delivery of engineering work packages across multi-disciplinary teams
  • Guide projects through key milestones through to production readiness
  • Ensure alignment to time, cost, quality, and specification requirements

Design Compliance & Risk Management 

  • Ensure designs meet stakeholder and product requirements
  • Apply structured design review and risk assessment techniques (e.g. FMEA, HAZOP, PHA, LOPA)
  • Support compliance with relevant semiconductor and safety standards (e.g. SEMI S2, SEMI S10, EN standards)

Skills & Experience Required: 

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s essential, Master’s desirable)
  • Working towards professional registration (desirable)
  • Strong experience in mechanical design within a relevant engineering industry
  • Strong knowledge of design for manufacture, cost, assembly, and maintainability
  • Experience working in regulated, compliance-driven environments (desirable)
  • Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry standards (advantageous)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary engineering teams
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development

In Return, You Will Receive:Financial & Security 

  • Bonus up to 7.5% of basic annual salary
  • Pension with company contribution of up to 8%
  • Life assurance of 4 x basic salary

Health & Wellbeing

  • Cash health plan
  • Thriving Wellbeing Programme supporting physical, mental, and social wellbeing
  • Discounted gym memberships

Time Off 

  • 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)

On-site Facilities 

  • Free parking
  • Ample cycle storage, lockers, and showers
  • Subsidised canteen
  • Dedicated wellbeing and prayer room

ApplyIf this role sounds of interest please click apply to send your CV, or contact Kirk at Pertemps, Bristol.

Posted: May 23rd, 2026