Senior Design Engineer

PE Global is recruiting a Senior Design Engineer for our client based in Peterborough. The role is a 24-month contract and the rate is £38.58 PAYE or £52.36 Umbrella p/h.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of major engine castings, specifically Cylinder Heads and Cylinder Blocks, for diesel and alternative fuel applications—from initial architecture through fully detailed, production-ready designs.
• Develop integrated design solutions that consider interacting systems such as rotating assemblies, valvetrain, lubrication, breather, cooling systems, bolted joints, and sealing.
• Collaborate within a global, multi-disciplinary team to ensure designs meet customer requirements, durability targets, functional performance, and manufacturing constraints.
• Plan, manage, and deliver project and sub-project activities, providing technical leadership and accountability for assigned workstreams.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, working closely with external partners to develop and mature robust design solutions.
• Conduct structured risk assessments, including the creation and execution of FMEA, to identify design risks and define validation requirements.
• Prepare and lead formal design reviews, clearly communicating design intent, risks, and trade-offs to gain cross-functional approval.
• Maintain regular communication with peers, team leaders, and stakeholders, providing clear updates on progress against plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Produce and release engineering drawings and technical data to standard to support prototype builds and volume production.
• Support supplier development using APQP tools and methodology, ensuring quality, cost, and delivery targets are met throughout the product lifecycle.

Requirements:

• Casting and machining processes knowledge
• Understanding of requirements of systems components such as Rotating Systems, Valvetrain, Lubrication, Breather and Cooling systems, Bolted joint and sealing experience.
• Strong understanding of casting and machining processes related to casting of complex cast iron components
• Minimum of 4-6 years design experience in CAD
• Expert level in complex CAD geometry including surface modelling related to major castings, cylinder heads and blocks using CREO10
• Microsoft Office 365 packages, intermediate level of excel, pivot tables, v look ups etc.

Please note PE Global cannot assist with visa sponsorship, candidates will need the full right to live and work within the UK for the full contract duration.