Product Design Engineer - NPD

Own the mechanical design behind vacuums and floor care products used in millions of homes. This Mechanical/Product Design Engineer, New Product Development (NPD) role sits with a well known British brand rebuilding new product development, in the West Midlands, working in a small team that designs, builds and tests in quick loops rather than waiting for a perfect brief. Why this might beat the job you have now:
The design calls on floor care, from vacuums to battery systems, are yours to own, with growing independence rather than sign off from above. You are joining while new product development is being rebuilt, working in quick design, build and test loops instead of a perfect brief. What you design ships into millions of homes. This is real production volume, not a low run concept.

Get in early on a rebuild and grow with it, without five people senior to you queued for the next step. Role at a glance Permanent role, on site four days a week, exact office location shared once we are talking Based in the West Midlands, commutable from Birmingham, Worcester and the wider region Occasional travel for supplier and manufacturing visits, including work with production teams overseas Reports into the Head of Engineering, inside a New Product Development function still forming What you will own As Mechanical/Product Design Engineer, NPD, you own dry floor care design end to end, from concept CAD to production.

CAD of complex parts and assemblies in CREO, Solid Works, Inventor, Onshape or Fusion Tolerance stack ups, FEA and failure analysis that decide if a design ships Design for manufacture calls across materials, heat treatments and manufacturing processes Drawing specifications that hold up for function and manufacture, not just intent Contact with production teams overseas as designs move toward build What you will need As Mechanical/Product Design Engineer, or Mechanical Design Engineer, you will need: A proven background in electromechanical design, spanning airflow, motors, filtration, cordless or battery power Strong 3D CAD skills across complex parts and assemblies, with tolerance stack ups and DFM A track record of taking mechanical designs through to production, not concept stage only Handy but not essential: vacuum experience, CREO, and overseas manufacturing exposure Salary and benefits Salary shared directly with applicants, not published on this one Company bonus up to 10%, plus pension at 5% employee and 3% employer 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with an option to buy three more Private medical through Aviva after six months, plus standard protection cover Cycle to work scheme, a free product after probation, and group wide discount codes About the company This is a well known British home appliance brand, part of a larger international group, investing in engineering after several quieter years.

New product development is being rebuilt, with a mandate to work faster and closer to the product. A Mechanical/Product Design Engineer joining now gets in before the rebuild is set in its ways. If this Mechanical/Product Design Engineer, NPD role beats the job you are in now, message me with what you are working on. I will tell you straight if it is worth a conversation, no CV needed.