Design Engineer

3 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Proteus Recruitment Full time

Design Engineer

Oxford UK,

Reports to Head of Production


A composite tooling design role working with an enthusiastic team at a fast growing Composites Start Up based in Oxford, UK.


Key Responsibilities

  • Create optimised designs and technical drawings for composite patterns and moulds, in a range of materials
  • Manage customer data revisions
  • Work within time and budget limits, contribute to revising these if required
  • Manage external design resource, when required
  • Further developing specialist knowledge in composites tooling and manufacturing processes


Key Skills

  • Proficiency in CAD (Catia v5 and SolidWorks), including part design, surface design, assembly, and drafting modules
  • Best practice experience of parametric modelling, tooling and surface design optimised to a customer’s mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing requirements
  • Ability to create 2D technical drawings, adhering to good version control and that clearly convey design intent to manufacturing teams
  • Knowledge of composite manufacturing processes, including CNC machining and CFRP layup, and the ability to design tooling optimised for these, considering factors like material properties, tool paths, tolerances, and cost-effectiveness
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good commercial awareness
  • Excellent time management


Desirable Extras

  • Experience of Aerospace engineering standards
  • 2-5 years previous experience designing tooling for composites


Job Offer

  • Competitive Salary (dependent on experience)
  • 25 days holiday
  • Career progression opportunities for this role remain highly flexible, opportunities can include the development of commercial or management skills, or furthering your soft skills. This could include participating in visits to our manufacturing partners or presenting at events. Our business brings AI driven solutions to the traditionally manual process of designing and ordering composite tooling. We design our customer’s tooling and get it manufactured by our network of partners, expediting the journey from CAD to component.


Our mid-sized team is highly competent, organised and easy to work with. We offer a spacious and well appointed workplace with good parking and regular snack deliveries



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