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Engineer 1 - Product Design
Sedgefield (NETPark) | On-site | £26,939 - £34,939
About the Role
CPI is seeking an Engineer 1 - Product Design to join our growing Product Design team, supporting the delivery of a range of high-impact, multi-million-pound engineering projects.
This is a hands-on design role where you will contribute to the full product development lifecycle, from early concept through to prototype and testing. You will work across a variety of programmes, ranging from smaller rapid development projects through to larger, structured programmes with defined verification and validation stages.
With increasing project demand and investment in new programmes, this role offers an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to make an immediate impact while developing their technical and professional capabilities.
What You'll Be Responsible For:
Product Design & Development
- Convert customer requirements into detailed design specifications
- Develop:
- Concept designs and layouts
- Mechanical components and assemblies
- Bills of materials and technical drawings
- Support prototype development and iterative design improvements
Project Delivery
- Contribute to the delivery of assigned projects, which may include:
- Multiple smaller development projects
- Larger programmes involving structured design, testing, and validation
- Plan, execute, and report on technical activities in line with project timelines
Engineering & Testing
- Support experimental and pilot activities, including data analysis and reporting
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, procurement, and project management
- Maintain accurate documentation of designs, decisions, and technical outputs
Tools & Techniques
- Use CAD tools to develop mechanical designs
- Apply engineering principles such as:
- Requirements capture
- User-centred design
- Design for manufacture and assembly
- Contribute to prototyping and rapid development activities
About You:
You are a motivated early-career engineer with a strong interest in product design and a desire to apply your skills in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.
You'll bring:
- A degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or similar
- Industrial experience of product development, ideally within medical devices
- Experience or exposure to CAD and design tools
- A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving ability
Desirable (but not essential):
- Product Development experience within medical devices, automotive, FMCG, oil & gas, or similar industries
- Exposure to:
- GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)
- Prototyping or testing environments
- Engineering design processes and lifecycle
- Experience using rendering or industrial design tools (e.g. KeyShot or similar)
Candidates with 1-2 years of industry experience are particularly encouraged to apply, especially those looking to take the next step in their development.
Why Join CPI?
- Work on a diverse range of projects - from rapid development to large-scale programmes
- Opportunity to contribute to high-value, complex engineering projects
- Strong learning and development environment with clear progression pathways
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment
- Competitive salary (£26.9k - £34.9k)
Location & Working Pattern
- Based fully on-site at NETPark, Sedgefield
- Hands-on role requiring regular presence in labs and engineering spaces
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically focused design engineer to step into a role where they can develop quickly, contribute meaningfully, and build experience across a wide range of product development projects.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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⭐ Highlight your CAD proficiency prominently in your Personal Statement and Skills section, as the advert lists it as a core requirement under 'Tools & Techniques'.
📊 Quantify your design experience: e.g. 'Developed 3 mechanical assemblies for a medical device prototype, reducing component count by 15% through DFMA principles'.
🎯 Tailor your CV to reference the full product development lifecycle explicitly — from concept through to prototype and testing — mirroring the language used in the 'What You'll Be Responsible For' section.
🌐 If you have any exposure to regulated industries such as medical devices, automotive, or oil & gas, call this out in a dedicated 'Industry Experience' section, as these are listed as desirable backgrounds.
🤝 Demonstrate cross-functional collaboration experience, referencing work with procurement, project management, or engineering teams, as the role explicitly involves multidisciplinary teamwork at CPI's NETPark facility.
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- •Developed CAD models and technical drawings for 4 mechanical assemblies across a regulated medical device programme, supporting prototype build and iterative design improvements within a 6-month development cycle.
- •Applied DFMA principles to redesign a 12-component mechanical sub-assembly, reducing part count by 20% and cutting estimated unit production cost by £340.
- •Produced bills of materials and requirements capture documentation for 3 concurrent rapid development projects, ensuring design outputs aligned with customer specifications and project timelines.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
CPI's work at NETPark on multi-million-pound product development programmes is precisely the environment in which I want to grow as an engineer — which is why I am applying for the Engineer 1 - Product Design role. I bring hands-on CAD experience and a solid grounding in design for manufacture and assembly, alongside exposure to the full product development lifecycle from concept through to prototype and testing.
My background in mechanical engineering has equipped me with the skills to convert customer requirements into detailed design specifications, produce technical drawings, and develop bills of materials for complex assemblies. I have collaborated within multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, procurement, and project management, and I am comfortable working across both rapid development projects and larger structured programmes with defined verification and validation stages.
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Tecniche
- ›Walk us through your CAD workflow when converting a customer requirement into a detailed mechanical design.
- ›How have you applied Design for Manufacture and Assembly principles in a previous project, and what impact did it have?
- ›Describe your experience with GD&T — how have you used tolerancing to ensure components meet design intent?
- ›What steps do you take when developing a bill of materials for a new mechanical assembly?
- ›How do you approach data analysis and reporting after a prototype testing phase?
Comportamentali
- ›Tell me about a time you worked on a project with tight timelines — how did you prioritise your technical activities?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. What was your contribution and what challenges did you face?
- ›Give an example of when your design did not perform as expected during testing. How did you respond and what did you learn?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to balance multiple projects simultaneously. How did you manage your workload?
- ›Describe a situation where you proactively identified a design improvement. What was the outcome?
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Give an example of when your design did not perform as expected during testing. How did you respond and what did you learn?
Tell me about a time you had to balance multiple projects simultaneously. How did you manage your workload?