Senior Design Engineer
A brand turning 50 next year is rebuilding its product development team from scratch, and wants people who treat this work as a hobby, not just a job. Vax, part of the global TTI Group, is hiring two Senior Design Engineers in Droitwich, Worcestershire, four days a week on site, with real ownership as the team reforms.
Scope of the Role
As a Senior Design Engineer, you will take ideas from a blank sheet through prototype and into production, working closely with industrial design, mechanical, electronics and NPD.
- Generate original engineering concepts for new floor care and home cleaning products.
- Build and test prototypes, then feed what you learn back into the next iteration.
- Produce robust CAD designs, CREO preferred, though strong 3D ability matters more than the software badge.
- Support the handover into NPD, so your concepts actually reach production.
- Engage suppliers on future technology, not just the parts you need today.
Key Skills and Experience Required
- A degree (BEng or MEng) in Mechanical Engineering or Product Design Engineering.
- Extensive experience as a Senior Design Engineer, Senior Product Design Engineer or Advanced Development
- Engineer in consumer product development.
- Strong CAD and engineering fundamentals, CREO preferred, any mainstream 3D package considered.
- A proven track record of taking concepts from sketch to prototype, then prototype through to production.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where you set your own direction.
What’s on Offer
- Four days a week on site in Droitwich, with genuine influence over how the team works.
- A senior individual contributor seat as the Senior Design Engineer function is rebuilt, not a fixed spot in a mature machine.
- Backing from TTI, a global parent, with the pace and ownership of a small team.
- Breadth across concept generation, prototyping, CAD, supplier engagement and the NPD handover.
- As a Senior Design Engineer at Vax, you join a well-known floor care brand at a genuine turning point. Product development is moving back to the UK, and the team is shifting to a conceptual, curiosity-led way of working. You will build fast, test honestly, and carry concepts far enough for NPD to pick up cleanly.