Product Design Engineer - Talent Guardian : Job Details

• Monday to Friday
• Degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related discipline (BSc)
• At least 3 years' experience in a design, consultancy, or manufacturing.

Talent Guardian is working with a premium design-led manufacturer near to Stevenage to recruit a Product Design Engineer with a passion for combining creativity, engineering expertise, and commercial awareness.This is a hands-on role where you’ll take concepts from brief through to fully developed designs, applying both innovative thinking and a deep understanding of manufacturing processes. Working closely with UK and overseas teams, you’ll develop stylish, functional, and high-quality products that stand out in the market.Key Responsibilities

• Deliver product design and engineering solutions from initial brief through concept and detail design stages.
• Generate innovative, consumer-focused design and mechanical solutions to engineering challenges.
• Collaborate with industrial designers to integrate creative vision with functional requirements.
• Identify appropriate manufacturing processes and materials during concept development.
• Apply DFA and DFM principles to ensure efficient, high-quality production.
• Liaise with overseas engineering teams to maintain aesthetic and functional intent during detail design.
• Manage critical paths to ensure on-time delivery of the product development pipeline.
• Create proof-of-concept and advanced prototypes for testing and assessment.
• Research materials, processes, and technologies with potential industry applications.
• Work closely with compliance teams to ensure designs meet safety and regulatory standards.
• Attend occasional overseas trips to review designs with manufacturing partners and visit trade shows/events in Europe.

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related discipline (BSc preferred).
• At least 3 years’ experience in a design department, consultancy, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with manufacturing facilities, ideally including overseas suppliers.
• Proven track record of developing innovative products from concept through to detailed design.
• Strong 3D CAD skills.
• Experience with plastic product development.
• Confident communicator with the ability to present ideas at all levels.

Desirable

• Experience collaborating with Far East manufacturers.
• Background in consumer product industries.

You’ll be part of a collaborative team where design, innovation, and quality are at the heart of everything they do. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape products from the ground up, explore new materials and processes, and see your ideas brought to life in a fast-moving, creative environment.Apply now through Talent Guardian and take the next step in your product design career.