Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

4 weeks ago


City Of Bristol, United Kingdom Tailfin Full time

Senior Mechanical Engineer or Product Designer Job

Tailfin | Bristol | Salary: Competitive & based on experience


The Company

At Tailfin, we design, engineer and manufacture bicycle equipment. We exist to empower people to ride further and experience more. Born from an unrestricted design ethos, we obsess about every detail. We are radical by necessity and our ambition is to create the world’s best bike equipment. We are determined to enhance our customers worlds as they explore it by bicycle.


Based in the heart of Bristol, we're a small but growing team of bike lovers who are passionate about the outdoors, innovation and breaking the status quo.


We are a team that puts life first in the knowledge that this will help us to do our best work. We’re big on making work a fantastic place to be. Together, we are building a culture that means we look forward to coming into the office, collaborating face-to-face, achieving exciting goals together, and working as a team to become one of the best cycling brands in the world.


Flexible working hours and ad-hoc remote working help you live your life, fortnightly team rides and quarterly bikepacking trips, access to products and bike industry discounts help us live the dream.


The Role

We are looking for either a Mechanical Engineer with industrial design sensitivities or a product designer who is highly technical.


Your role will offer you the perfect opportunity to lead projects and use your knowledge and experience to offer innovative solutions to bring products from concept through to manufacture and beyond.


As we continue to grow as a company, we can offer you a multitude of projects to be involved in and the opportunity for you to develop as an individual.


About You

  • 5+ Years of relevant professional experience
  • A passion for bicycles and/or a love of the outdoors
  • Background in one of the following types of company: Product design consultancy, Technology start-up, Consumer product brand, Sporting goods brand
  • Track record of developing products from concept through to production, taking responsibility for quality, time and cost.
  • Highly creative and highly technical in many of the following areas: concept generation, detailed mechanism design, mechanics and simulation, developing test rigs and product testing, manufacturing processes, design for high and low volume manufacturing, Transfer to manufacture
  • Practical prototype making skills to make use of our equipment including 3D printer, laser cutter and lots of other tools for quickly carrying out real-world testing of ideas
  • Good degree in Mechanical Design, Product Design or similar
  • Confidence and ability to present your concepts and ideas in a team environment
  • Self starter, conscientious and ability thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Willingness to travel and meet suppliers in Asia
  • Ideally based in Bristol, as we feel working together always works better and you can be part of a growing culture and get involved with team rides and social events.
  • Expert user of Solidworks
  • Expert user of Excel
  • Adobe Suite Skills could be of benefit (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD)


Please apply directly here on indeed, or email your CV and Portfolio to jobs@tailfin.cc


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Must be willing to reliably commute or plan to relocate to Bristol before starting work



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