Senior Design Engineer
Hybrid
Leatherhead, United Kingdom
Freelance
24-03-2025
Job Specifications
Senior Design Engineer - Contract
Up to £50/hour (Depending on Experience)
Initial 6 Month Contract (Possible Extensions)
Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote
Leatherhead, KT22 7BA, UK
Inside IR35
About Sunswap:
Sunswap is a clean-tech innovator, pioneering the world’s first fully electric, battery and solar-powered transport refrigeration unit (TRU) — a true zero-emission alternative to diesel-powered systems. Our mission is to decarbonise the global cold chain, delivering sustainable solutions for the transport and logistics industry.
Since our founding in 2020, we have grown rapidly and secured key partnerships with industry leaders like Tesco and DFDS to bring our cutting-edge refrigeration technology to market. In 2024, we secured a £17.3 million investment to accelerate our mission and scale our impact.
Our achievements have earned significant recognition, including the 2024 Technological Breakthrough Award from the Cold Chain Federation and a place in The Sunday Times Best Companies 2024 list, celebrating our outstanding workplace culture. At Sunswap, we are united by a shared vision of innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity, where every team member is empowered to make a meaningful impact.
Job Overview:
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will take a leading position within Sunswap’s Mechanical Design Engineering Team developing mechanical aspects of our battery-solar powered refrigeration technology.
It is an opportunity to challenge yourself with tight design constraints and product cost targets, pushing the limits of what is possible to deliver profitable and reliable state-of-the art technology. You will be required to use your knowledge about various manufacturing techniques from extruded aluminium, vacuum forming, bonded aluminium to name a few.
As Sunswap introduces new products, there will be opportunities to lead on Design for Manufacture in early stages of a development cycles from concept through to detailed design, system integration, build and certification.
Responsibilities:
Be the technical leader on mechanical design work packages and projects
Rapidly produce high-quality mechanical designs using CAD
Design product for volume manufacture, balancing assembly time, part cost, supplier count, tooling cost, performance and quality
Expand Sunswap’s knowledge of various manufacturing techniques
Optimise the design of components and systems using functional and analytical tools, including hand calculations and FEA where appropriate
Specify and source mechanical components
Develop, manage, and maintain technical documentation like Bills of Materials, DFMEA, Component Specifications and Technical Instructions
Support the assembly of the prototype products and identify optimisation opportunities in the assembly process
Experience of thriving in a cross functional environment, where collaboration is key to meet deadlines.
Requirements:
A degree in mechanical, automotive, aerospace engineering or equivalent industry experience.
Expertise in a wide range of manufacturing techniques.
Proven experience having delivered mechanical systems from concept to production.
Excellent CAD skills – including part design, electrical integration, sheet metal design, fixtures and engineering drawings.
An awareness of good engineering practices and analysis methods.
A strong understanding of assembly processes, production methods and an ability to assess the manufacturability of parts.
About the Company
Sunswap offer a zero-emission, cost-effective and smart alternative to diesel transport refrigeration with energy prediction, use of adaptive battery capacity and solar power. Know more
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