Senior Product Design Engineer (Inclusive Design)

We’re beginning an exciting period of growth in the Design and Innovation team, with a growing portfolio of impactful products and services to deliver over the coming years. Our new research strategy brings a pipeline of new challenges and ideas, leading to corporate partnerships and new opportunities in our design consultancy business.

You’ll be joining a high performing team of inclusive design experts, and you’ll be supported throughout your journey by an experienced leadership team, so you will have guidance as you develop and implement projects that make a genuine impact.

You will have a passion for inclusive design engineering and be driven by achieving excellence in your work, living and breathing the Designability behaviours every day; Reflective, Tenacious, collaborative, Curious and Honest.

Key responsibilities:

Product Development:

• User-centred design practice, working on projects throughout the full development process. Includes research and requirements setting, concept development, prototyping, design for manufacture.
• Ensure that products meet the specific functional needs of disabled users.
• Use design and engineering best-practices to verify suitability and safety of designs.
• Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers to source standard and custom parts to specification.
• Expertise in designing for small and large-scale production.

3D Modelling & Prototyping:

• Utilise CAD software (e.g. SolidWorks) to create designs that are practical, durable, and suitable for manufacture.
• Construct and test prototypes in the workshop using a range of hand and machine tools.

Testing & Evaluation:

• Organise and conduct product testing (including with users), gathering feedback to refine designs for optimal usability and independence.
• Contribute to the writing of evaluation reports and technical documentation.

Collaboration:

• To work individually and as part of a team of a wider organisational team to achieve the greatest possible impact. This could be working with the marketing team on a thought-leadership report, attending an industry event with our therapists, doing on-location visits with our researchers, or getting hands-on in the workshop with our technicians.

About our recruitment process

Designability is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer and accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, committed to making reasonable adjustments.

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria contained in the job description.

We also invite you to share your portfolio via WeTransfer (please send to HR@designability.org.uk and ensure you state your name with the file).

We are happy to provide information about this role in alternative formats where possible and receive applications in alternative formats, please contact HR@designability.org.uk should this be required.

‘Offer an Interview’ Scheme:

Designability welcomes applications from disabled applicants and is committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, as set out in the job description. If you wish your application to be considered under the ‘Offer an interview’ scheme, please indicate this in your covering letter, or email HR@designability.org.uk

If you have any questions about the role:

Please contact Dario Canini, Engineering Innovation Manager, on dariocanini@designability.org.uk

Closing Date for applications: Applications are being taken on a rolling recruitment basis.

Interview date: Successful applicants will be offered a mutually convenient interview date. Interviews will usually be held at our Bath offices.

Start date: At earliest convenience.