Top Design Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Lead technical delivery of site‑specific electrical system design for SMR nuclear plants, ensuring alignment with generic design, regulatory compliance, requirements traceability, verification/validation, and integration across disciplines. Provide technical leadership, manage design changes, support licensing and safety case evidence, act as intelligent customer for suppliers, and mentor engineering team members through procurement, construction, commissioning and operations phases.

Leads technical and strategic security engineering for new-build and fit-out projects across all RIBA stages. Responsibilities include risk assessments, mitigation strategies, operational requirements, security master planning, physical security design, electronic security systems design, and counter-terrorism guidance covering hostile vehicle mitigation, bomb blast, and ballistics. The role also requires business development, security consultancy expertise, relevant qualifications, and professional security credentials.

Design and build polished user interfaces across the web app and marketing site. Own UX and visual decisions from concept through production code, develop the design system and component library, improve accessibility and responsiveness, prototype ideas, and promote stronger design practices across the engineering team.

Design structural repair solutions for buildings damaged by fire, flooding, and subsidence. Responsibilities include designing and specifying sub-structure schemes, producing CAD drawings, obtaining permissions, supporting sustainable and net-zero repair approaches, monitoring site work, engaging senior stakeholders, and training colleagues. The role primarily supports listed and historic buildings and requires strong communication, organization, technical judgment, and customer service skills.

Lead mechanical design for consumer electromechanical products from concept through production. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, thermal/fluid/structural analysis, cross-functional collaboration, DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing ramp support in Asia. The role requires designing plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with sensors and actuators, supporting high-volume manufacturing, and traveling to China as needed.

Produce temporary works designs for excavation support, propping, formwork and falsework; check drawings to BS5975:2019; attend client meetings and site visits; review design briefs; manage workload and contribute to continuous improvement.

Lead design and delivery of HV/EHV substations (11kV–400kV) for transmission, distribution and renewables. Client liaison, produce primary substation design deliverables, coordinate multidiscipline teams, apply National Grid/DNO/IEC standards, prepare equipment specifications, manage H&S and CDM design duties, support bids and project delivery to budget, time and quality.

Lead delivery and technical quality for HVDC projects including cable system modelling, rating calculations, routing and installation studies, converter station layouts, specifications, drawings, testing support, and mentoring junior engineers while supporting bid and business development activities.

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer develops fluid systems, creates CAD drawings, collaborates with teams, ensures design compliance, and maintains documentation.

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will develop fluid systems, create CAD drawings, ensure design safety compliance, and collaborate with engineering teams.

Design and prototype precision photonic hardware: enclosure, packaging, assemblies, and thermal management. Perform mechanical/thermal analysis, validation testing, supplier engagement, and support transfer from lab demonstrator to manufacturable systems.

Design Engineer responsible for producing detailed water and wastewater infrastructure designs, maintaining H&S/CDM 2015 compliance, managing drawings and submissions via CEMAR, coordinating with project and client teams, mentoring junior designers, performing site investigation drawings, and delivering weekly design reports.

Design Engineer will develop sprinkler system designs, produce working drawings, coordinate with various stakeholders, and oversee material procurement. Responsibilities include design program management and site meetings.

Design and implement user-facing features by combining high-quality visual design and frontend engineering. Improve and expand the design system, build flexible components, collaborate with Product Engineers, ship to users quickly, iterate from feedback, and support customer-facing issues. Work spans wireframing, UI implementation, and end-to-end technical delivery.

Design and implement polished UI/UX at scale, improve and extend the design system, collaborate with product engineers, ship end-to-end features, iterate with user feedback, and consult on bespoke design work while balancing visual design and engineering responsibilities.

Build production-quality, pixel-accurate UI components and interactions in React Native; prototype in Figma with designers; own the design system and component library; improve performance, animations, and cross-platform UI architecture; define design-to-dev tooling and collaborate across design and engineering.

The Principal Design Engineer will shape AI-powered product experiences, lead design discussions, collaborate with teams, and mentor designers while advancing the design system.

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will design energy systems, lead engineering teams, conduct energy audits, and drive technical and commercial innovations.

Owns product development end to end by researching user problems, defining solutions, designing interfaces and prototypes in Figma, building production-ready React experiences, and iterating based on user behavior. The role combines product management, UX and visual design, and frontend engineering while improving workflows, component quality, responsiveness, accessibility of interactions, and design consistency.

Lead earthing design studies and measurements for substations (up to 400 kV) including EMF calculations, EMI studies and lightning protection. Manage multiple projects, produce proposals, liaise with substation design teams, mitigate risks, and mentor junior engineers. Travel across the UK and overseas for site visits.

As a Solution Design Engineer, you will create scalable technical solutions, translate requirements into designs, integrate AI technologies, and govern architectural standards within Agile teams.

Design and simulate transistor-level analog/mixed-signal IC blocks (amplifiers, converters, power circuits), define architectures, integrate blocks into mixed-signal systems, present results to teams/customers, support layout, lab evaluation and test, mentor others, and improve design methodologies to meet power, timing and functional objectives.

Provide technical leadership for polymer component design and analysis, interfacing with customers and cross-functional teams. Lead design proposals, generate/approve drawings and test/validation plans, perform failure analysis, support material disposition and continuous improvement, mentor junior engineers, and represent the company in technical meetings and presentations.