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Design Manager

Poole, Dorset

50,000 - 60,000 + DIS + Pension + EAP + 28 days holiday + Training

Great opportunity here to join an industry leading company in a senior position, you will be managing a team of Design Engineers and having oversight over the entire NPD process. The company design and manufacture a range of equipment for various sectors.

Roles/Responsibilities

• Lead the Design Engineering team with six direct reports, providing technical and strategic oversight.
• Manage the full New Product Development (NPD) pipeline from concept to launch.
• Conduct performance reviews and support the development of engineering staff.
• Set team priorities and align departmental goals with business objectives.
• Ensure all designs meet international standards and are validated via FEA, analysis software, or hand calculations.
• Approve or delegate design reviews, ensuring engineering accuracy and quality.
• Communicate technical updates to internal and external stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Background in the lifting industry - Preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing design engineering teams - Required
• Bachelor's degree (BEng) in Mechanical or Structural Engineering - Mandatory (for insurance compliance)
• Proven ability to manage workloads and allocate resources effectively

If you are interested in the role or looking for something similar please contact our Managing Consultant

Brandon Hewitt - Hunt / (phone number removed) / (url removed)

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job title: Mechanical Design Lead

Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £85,700 depending on skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options

Put yourself into a dynamic Mechanical Design Lead role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribution to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide a depth and breadth of expert knowledge gained through substantial work experience to apply principles and concepts of systems engineering, ISO 15288 and own specialist mechanical engineering expertise to development or problem resolution of a complex shipborne structure with integrated sensor configurations

• Provide technical and business leadership and may lead several engineering teams, including management and possible control of costs associated with the team activity

• Analyse, define, evaluate, plan and deliver solutions to meet programme, business and customer requirements

• Interface with customers, suppliers and other functions and will act as an ambassador for engineering to these groups

• Assist with development of engineering capability and skills and monitor professional development of engineers to meet future discipline requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Subject matter expertise in Mechanical Engineering: Structures and Finite Element Analysis (particularly Static and Dynamic Shock and Vibration) or equivalent experience

• Ability to generate requirements and translate concepts into production-ready designs

• Relevant experience/knowledge of CAD and Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Modelling and Simulation tools

• Experience of leading large scale complex system designs

• Experience of multiple aspects of an engineering lifecycle and expert knowledge of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)

• Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline

• Achieved Chartered Engineer status or be working towards

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Radar Systems Engineering team:

The Mechanical Design Lead is a subject matter expert in Mechanical Engineering, responsible for the conceptual development of future shipborne integrated mast structures designed to house multiple radars, sensors, communications systems, and ship services.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and invest in your career journey within a global business. You will be supported in growing your knowledge in contemporary and cutting-edge Radar techniques, with opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities in technical leadership.

In this role, you will be able to enjoy both flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home .

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

#LI-AP1 #LI-hybrid

Job title: RF Engineer

Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £54,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Support RF circuit design including component selection, simulation, schematic capture and preparing guidance for PCB design teams

• Support electromagnetic simulation and analysis

• Contribute to design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques

• Contribute to design documentation and technical reports

• Support design evaluation and testing in our new engineering lab

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree, HNC, or HND in Electronic Engineering or strongly related subject/industrial experience

• An appetite for learning business approaches and procedures including standards for governance and compliance

• Experience in RF design e.g. Radar, High Frequency, microwave

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The BAE Systems Naval Radar team:

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6^th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Job title: Mechanical Design Lead

Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £85,700 depending on skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options

Put yourself into a dynamic Mechanical Design Lead role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribution to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide a depth and breadth of expert knowledge gained through substantial work experience to apply principles and concepts of systems engineering, ISO 15288 and own specialist mechanical engineering expertise to development or problem resolution of a complex shipborne structure with integrated sensor configurations

• Provide technical and business leadership and may lead several engineering teams, including management and possible control of costs associated with the team activity

• Analyse, define, evaluate, plan and deliver solutions to meet programme, business and customer requirements

• Interface with customers, suppliers and other functions and will act as an ambassador for engineering to these groups

• Assist with development of engineering capability and skills and monitor professional development of engineers to meet future discipline requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Subject matter expertise in Mechanical Engineering: Structures and Finite Element Analysis (particularly Static and Dynamic Shock and Vibration) or equivalent experience

• Ability to generate requirements and translate concepts into production-ready designs

• Relevant experience/knowledge of CAD and Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Modelling and Simulation tools

• Experience of leading large scale complex system designs

• Experience of multiple aspects of an engineering lifecycle and expert knowledge of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)

• Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline

• Achieved Chartered Engineer status or be working towards

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Radar Systems Engineering team:

The Mechanical Design Lead is a subject matter expert in Mechanical Engineering, responsible for the conceptual development of future shipborne integrated mast structures designed to house multiple radars, sensors, communications systems, and ship services.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and invest in your career journey within a global business. You will be supported in growing your knowledge in contemporary and cutting-edge Radar techniques, with opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities in technical leadership.

In this role, you will be able to enjoy both flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home .

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

#LI-AP1 #LI-hybrid

Job title: RF Engineer

Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £54,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Support RF circuit design including component selection, simulation, schematic capture and preparing guidance for PCB design teams

• Support electromagnetic simulation and analysis

• Contribute to design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques

• Contribute to design documentation and technical reports

• Support design evaluation and testing in our new engineering lab

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree, HNC, or HND in Electronic Engineering or strongly related subject/industrial experience

• An appetite for learning business approaches and procedures including standards for governance and compliance

• Experience in RF design e.g. Radar, High Frequency, microwave

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The BAE Systems Naval Radar team:

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6^th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Design Manager

Poole, Dorset

£50,000 - £0,000 + DIS + Pension + EAP + 28 days holiday + Training

Great opportunity here to join an industry leading company in a senior position, you will be managing a team of Design Engineers and having oversight over the entire NPD process. The company design and manufacture a range of equipment for various sectors.

Roles/Responsibilities

• Lead the Design Engineering team with six direct reports, providing technical and strategic oversight.
• Manage the full New Product Development (NPD) pipeline from concept to launch.
• Conduct performance reviews and support the development of engineering staff.
• Set team priorities and align departmental goals with business objectives.
• Ensure all designs meet international standards and are validated via FEA, analysis software, or hand calculations.
• Approve or delegate design reviews, ensuring engineering accuracy and quality.
• Communicate technical updates to internal and external stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Background in the lifting industry - Preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing design engineering teams - Required
• Bachelor's degree (BEng) in Mechanical or Structural Engineering - Mandatory (for insurance compliance)
• Proven ability to manage workloads and allocate resources effectively

If you are interested in the role or looking for something similar please contact our Managing Consultant

Brandon Hewitt - Hunt / 01275 371981 /

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

• 40,000-60,000
• Car allowance or company car
• Pension
• 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays

• Delivering full project design scope of HVAC products including mechanical ventilation, fire and smoke dampers, control panels and smoke extract fans for residential and commercial projects
• Supporting projects team to ensure timely and effective design input for a multitude of ongoing works
• Undertaking selection process of fans, smoke ventilation and more
• Working closely with in-house departments to develop overall design understanding
• Able to travel to the office near Bournemouth

• Experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Engineer, Technical Engineer from the smoke control industry or background in M&E Building Services design.
• Strong understanding of M&E systems and design principles
• Ability to liaise with M&E Contractors, M&E Contractors and clients
• Technical expertise of schematics, fan selection and regulatory compliance
• Able to travel to the office near Bournemouth

Senior Design Engineer, Blandford, £55,000

As Senior Design Engineer for this leading manufacturer, you’ll play a pivotal role in guiding product development initiatives, supporting continuous improvement projects, and mentoring junior designers.

Working closely with cross-functional teams across the business, you’ll take the lead on exciting, hands-on projects from concept to manufacture, whilst working in a growing team.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
• Annual bonus scheme
• Healthcare plan
• Pension scheme
• Opportunities for further development

Senior Design Engineer Responsibilities

• Lead design projects from concept to production.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create practical, cost-efficient design solutions.
• Manage technical documentation and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Support engineering planning, process improvements, and continuous development.

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience in a Senior Design Engineer role, within manufacturing and sheet metal.
• Understanding of design-for-manufacture principles and mechanical product design.
• Confident using CAD software and managing design documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work cross-functionally.
• Experience managing projects and mentoring junior engineers.

Interested?

To be considered for this Senior Design Engineer opportunity, or for more information, submit your CV to Josh at Rubicon by applying directly to this advert.

Our team takes the time to review every application and guarantees complete confidentiality. We will never submit a candidate’s details or share them with a third party without first obtaining their permission.

INDENGHV

Electronics Design Engineer

Poole Dorset

(phone number removed) guideline + pension

Permanent.

Daytime Monday to Friday. Earlier finish on Fridays.

Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer vacancy with a small friendly mechatronics engineering design manufacturing business with unique products. As Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer you work in a team, playing your part with electrical design and electronics engineering design, and talking through ideas and drawings with colleagues in engineering and manufacturing. Products include mechatronic assemblies, electrical layout and electronics systems for special purpose equipment. This is an Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer role, focused on design aspects of electrical and electronic systems in engineering designs.

(phone number removed) guideline + pension.

Daytime Monday to Friday. Earlier finish on Fridays.

Small friendly team.

Great leadership team with clear team goals.

Growing company with large and small customers that want to place more orders.

Electrical design and Electronics Mechatronics design engineering.

Developing electrical and electronic designs, and capturing electrical layout and schematics into CAD.

Working on low volume projects, so the job is often fresh and never gets too repetitive.

Be part of a team working on different products, with well managed weekly project review meetings.

The sort of background that we are looking for:

Team player, supporting the wider design process as part of a team.

Experience as an electronics design engineer, or as an electrical design engineer or mechatronics design engineer.

HND, or Time Served Engineer, BTEC Level 4, HNC, or Electrical Engineering or Electronics degree and the ability to use CAD software to understand and create engineering drawings and schematics.

Proven ability to select, design and test design functionality of electrical and electronic systems through calculations and simulations.

This is a small friendly team that work well together, with plenty of people in the team that know their job really well. Career prospects are strong; the company has a strong order book spread across several industry sectors in the UK and overseas.

(phone number removed) guideline + pension.

Daytime Monday to Friday. Earlier finish on Fridays.

Small friendly team.

Great leadership team with clear team goals.

Growing company with large and small customers that want to place more orders.

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