Mechanical Design Engineer

6 days ago


Chichester UK, West Sussex, United Kingdom HAYS Full time

Mechanical Design Engineer

Type: Temporary contractor, ongoing through Hays (inside IR35)

Location: Chichester

Working Environment: Hybrid, part office based on site at client offices/ part home based

Pay type: Competitive hourly pay rate

Start date: ASAP


The Opportunity

The world’s pre-eminent super-luxury automotive brand. Our base is in Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, and comprises of our global headquarters and Global Centre of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence.


For our client everything they do starts with passion. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and to bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Enthusiasm for joint projects turns our departments into a strong team where every opinion is valued. It is only when expertise, highly professional processes and enjoyment of work are united that we can shape the future together.


To provide creative technical solutions and support for all aspects of design for Bespoke Design on all products and implement with whole vehicle concepts in conjunction with multiple specialist departments. The Studio Design Engineer is responsible for all technical requests during the product development process in close collaboration with the Designers and the partners of research & development, production and suppliers. Their work starts with the first concepts, is ongoing with virtual (CAS) and 3D physical models (Clay, hard models, concept vehicles) and ends with final convergence between styling and engineering. They provide the designers and the manufacturing teams with the necessary technical information at the complete

design-technic-convergency-process (DTK). They identify the conflicts between styling and technical concepts, accompany the design-technic-convergency-process continuously with technical investigations and conceptual alternatives and brings the non-convergent themes by all suitable means to a final decision.



Key Accountabilities:

1 – Technical Integration : Commission Collection, Private Collections, Special Commissions

Responsibility - Generate technical design solutions and steer and mediate designers' input for Commission Collection features

Outcome - Generate innovative and deliverable engineering solutions in conjunction with ED-R designers

2 - Create geometry in CATIA

Responsibility – Ensure that ED-R designs are represented in a feasible manner (including fixing concepts) in CATIA

Outcome – Clear and transparent steering and definition of design intent for design release.

3 – Technical representative to departments outside ED

Responsibility -

Member of the DTK-process and maintain records, technical drawings and comparisons for necessary staff meetings and independently schedule and support mandatory reviews.

Outcome – Clear point of contact and communication within the various technical meetings and sign-off processes to achieve technical convergence

and escalation of technical points

4 - Goodwood-Munich Technical Interface

Responsibility – Act as technical liaison between Munich engineering and Goodwood ED-R Bespoke Design

Outcome - Enable closer relations and more effective communication and transparent implementation of Bespoke designs

5- Design Translation

Responsibility -

Translate the design/styling language into technical solutions and the technical input into design/styling language

Outcome - To support the progression of the R-R brand by generating new and desirable ideas for the future in Bespoke and Concept Design


What we’re looking for

  • B.Eng / B.Sc.Mechanical engineering (or similar) at degree level or equivalent with in excess of 3 years’ experience in a relevant area with at least 3 years CATIA experience.
  • Excellent knowledge of technical mechanics with comprehensive understanding of vehicle packaging and extensive knowledge of exterior and interior construction techniques. Strong and proven creative three-dimensional spatial ability and high awareness of Bespoke and Series relevant manufacturing processes.
  • PC knowledge, current MS-office-applications.
  • Skilled and knowledgeable in CAD CATIA V5 and PRISMA software.
  • English language business fluent - German skills could be an advantage.
  • Skilled and capable in team working and communication


What we offer

  • Competitive hourly rate along with annual performance related bonus
  • Hybrid working model
  • 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
  • Access to subsidised restaurant
  • Hybrid parking onsite



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