Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

4 weeks ago


Bradford UK, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Airedale by Modine Full time

Due to continued expansion and company growth, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to work in the Product Development department at Airedale, reporting into the Lead Mechanical Engineer. It involves working closely with a team of mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing and quality engineers to design and develop new Liquid Cooling products whilst maintaining the existing portfolio.


The Role

The role consists of working as part of a team to develop new Liquid Cooling product design projects in accordance with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and relevant SOM guidelines from concept through to full product launch. You will support the Lead Mechanical Engineer where necessary and as a team will be responsible for creating design briefs for companywide approval, performance predictions, hitting cost targets, designing products with manufacturing and assembly in mind to allow labour targets to be met, project timescales, technical features, training and all critical deliverables.


Supplier technology plays an important part of new designs so it is anticipated that supplier and purchasing communication will be frequent. Preferred suppliers will be used wherever possible in a manner that ensures high quality products are available using most efficient manufacturing processes. Comparisons with competitor’s products will be expected as projects require.


Job Requirements:

  • Carrying out engineering calculations
  • Creating performance prediction programs
  • Acoustic performance calculations
  • Selecting and specifying critical components to fulfil a design brief
  • Water system design and pump selection
  • Heat exchanger optimisation and knowledge of plate heat exchangers
  • Interface with Electrical Design, Controls, Research and Laboratory teams
  • Creating 3D models, layout drawings and schematics
  • Structuring Bills of Material
  • Implementing component upgrades on existing standard product ranges
  • Working to deadlines & cost requirements
  • An understanding of the following would be beneficial:
  • Air system design and fan selection
  • Refrigeration system design and component selection
  • Fin and tube coil design



Skills & experience:

  • Degree Qualified in an Engineering discipline or relevant Science based subject
  • 3 years+ HVAC product design experience
  • Good theoretical and practical understanding of thermodynamics
  • Good theoretical and practical understanding of fluid mechanics
  • Be able to work under own initiative
  • Be able to learn quickly and think laterally
  • Be able to work in a team and manage projects to completion
  • Be able to communicate effectively at all levels
  • Experience of 3D modelling and 2D drafting
  • Ideally experience of the following software:

MS Word

MS Excel and VBA

Solid Edge

AutoCAD 2D


  • Appropriate training will be given to the right candidate.


About Us

At our heart we’re a technology company, working with huge global colocation and hyperscale clients to design, build, install and optimise precision cooling systems that operate 24/7/365 in data centres all over the world. We are engineers, we are problem solvers and we are passionate about the role that air conditioning plays in an increasingly connected world. We’re also passionate about sustainability and we’re part of the Modine group, a global organization with fiscal 2024 revenues of $2.4 billion, who’s vision is to help engineer a cleaner, healthier world.


Prospective candidates must have proof that they have the right to work in the UK.


We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding the position. CVs will only be accepted directly by interested candidates and no speculative CVs will be accepted.



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