Current Products - Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Wotton under Edge
up to £48,000 depending on experience
Renishaw’s CMM & Gauging Products Division (CGPD) is seeking Senior Mechanical Engineers to join the Machines Current Products Team, reporting to the Current Products Manager.
Why Join the Current Products Team?
The Current Products Team plays a vital role in maintaining and improving Renishaw’s established product portfolio. Working closely with various teams across the business, you will have the opportunity to influence product quality, reliability, customer satisfaction, and operational performance while working on a diverse range of technical challenges across the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Product Support
Provide engineering support for products in manufacturing, production and service.
Investigate and resolve technical issues, product failures, and customer concerns.
Support process improvements, product transfers, and production efficiency initiatives.
Continuous Improvement
Lead initiatives to improve product quality, reliability, manufacturability, and cost-effectiveness.
Identify opportunities for design optimisation and component standardisation.
Conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
Support the ongoing design and development of current products.
Manage engineering improvements through formal engineering change management processes.
Quality & Compliance
Maintain products quality and ensure compliance of products with relevant industry standards and regulations.
Support audits, product validation, and certification activities.
Contribute to FMEAs, risk assessments, and quality improvement programmes.
Success Measures
Reduction in product defects and field failures.
Timely resolution of manufacturing, assembly, and customer issues.
Effective implementation of engineering changes.
Achievement of product cost reduction targets.
Improvements in reliability and quality metrics.
Delivery of assigned projects and actions on time.
Compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
Key Requirements
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Experience supporting products within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
Strong problem-solving and product troubleshooting skills.
Understanding of root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
CAD and PLM systems experience and knowledge of engineering change control processes.
Desirable Requirements
Professional engineering accreditation.
Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement qualification.
Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.
Experience with design simulations tools.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or [email protected].
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Employment Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeRequisition Number:
R9570 Mechanical Design Engineer (Open)Skills Required
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Experience supporting products within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Strong problem-solving and product troubleshooting skills.
- Understanding of root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
- CAD and PLM systems experience and knowledge of engineering change control processes.
- Professional engineering accreditation.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement qualification.
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.
- Experience with design simulation tools.
Renishaw Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Renishaw and has not been reviewed or approved by Renishaw.
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Retirement Support — The pension scheme includes a 9% employer contribution with salary‑sacrifice options, signaling strong long‑term savings support. Feedback suggests this materially strengthens total compensation in the UK.
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Healthcare Strength — Subsidized private medical cover, life assurance, and a 24/7 EAP—alongside options like a health cash plan and on‑site fitness centers—indicate comprehensive health and wellbeing support. These provisions contribute to a sense of strong healthcare coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days of annual leave with company days, long‑service accrual, and the option to buy additional leave point to generous time‑off provision. Hybrid and “variable working” arrangements further support work–life balance when roles allow.
Renishaw Insights
What We Do
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where it designs and makes industrial machines which ‘print' parts from metal powder. The Renishaw Group currently has 80 offices in 36 countries, with over 5,000 employees, of which over 3,000 people are employed within the UK. The majority of the company's R&D and manufacturing is carried out in the UK and for the year ended June 2019, Renishaw achieved sales of £574 million of which 94% was due to exports. The company's largest markets are USA, China, Japan and Germany
