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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Vargo Group


Job Location:

Cardiff - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 50000 - 50000
Posted: 6 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Cardiff 50000 Permanent full-time On-site

Vargo is recruiting a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for an established engineering manufacturer. This is a hands-on design and product-development role reporting to the Engineering Manager - not a people-management or strategic leadership position.

The role
  • Develop mechanical designs for new products and customer-specific engineering solutions.
  • Produce and develop designs engineering calculations specifications and technical drawings.
  • Take concepts through feasibility prototyping testing and product validation.
  • Investigate technical problems and improve existing products and designs.
  • Work closely with manufacturing quality and other engineering colleagues to deliver practical robust solutions.
  • Maintain clear technical documentation and support engineering change control.
About you

You will bring strong mechanical design and product-development experience with the technical depth to take ownership of detailed engineering work. Experience in an engineering manufacturing environment and a practical understanding of how designs are built tested and improved will be particularly relevant.

A mechanical engineering product-design or related qualification is useful. The emphasis is on proven hands-on capability technical problem-solving and delivery rather than team leadership.

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Contact Tom Miller at Vargo on or .

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