Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&D

Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&D
Salary: Up to £53,000 per annum (DOE)
Location: Clevedon (Hybrid working available)
Industry: Semiconductor / Mechanical Engineering / Product Development
Reporting to: Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer


Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Engineer – A&D to deliver best-practice mechanical engineering solutions for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

You will play a key role in the technical delivery of mechanical design across subsystems and technology developments, ensuring robust engineering governance, compliance, and high-quality delivery across the full product lifecycle.


Key Responsibilities:


Technical Delivery & Engineering Leadership
 

• Take responsibility for mechanical engineering delivery across projects and subsystems
• Lead and guide mechanical engineering activities within cross-functional project teams
• Provide technical expertise across product development and technology programmes

Engineering Standards & Governance
 

• Promote and implement best-practice mechanical engineering approaches
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, and industry standards
• Support effective technical governance across all engineering outputs

Project Delivery & Work Package Management
 

• Support creation and delivery of engineering work packages across multi-disciplinary teams
• Guide projects through key milestones through to production readiness
• Ensure alignment to time, cost, quality, and specification requirements

Design Compliance & Risk Management
 

• Ensure designs meet stakeholder and product requirements
• Apply structured design review and risk assessment techniques (e.g. FMEA, HAZOP, PHA, LOPA)
• Support compliance with relevant semiconductor and safety standards (e.g. SEMI S2, SEMI S10, EN standards)

Skills & Experience Required:
 

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s essential, Master’s desirable)
• Working towards professional registration (desirable)
• Strong experience in mechanical design within a relevant engineering industry
• Strong knowledge of design for manufacture, cost, assembly, and maintainability
• Experience working in regulated, compliance-driven environments (desirable)
• Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry standards (advantageous)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

In Return, You Will Receive:

Financial & Security
 

• Bonus up to 7.5% of basic annual salary
• Pension with company contribution of up to 8%
• Life assurance of 4 x basic salary

Health & Wellbeing

• Cash health plan
• Thriving Wellbeing Programme supporting physical, mental, and social wellbeing
• Discounted gym memberships

Time Off
 

• 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)

On-site Facilities
 

• Free parking
• Ample cycle storage, lockers, and showers
• Subsidised canteen
• Dedicated wellbeing and prayer room

Apply
If this role sounds of interest please click apply to send your CV, or contact Kirk at Pertemps, Bristol.