Chief Design Engineer

Chief Design Engineer

Location: Near Leamington Spa (20 mins drive)

Job Type: Permanent

Syntech Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced Chief Design Engineer to lead transmission and driveline design programmes for an engineering business near Leamington Spa.

This is a senior technical role covering projects from concept through to hardware validation, alongside technical leadership and development of the wider design team.

Chief Design Engineer Responsibilities

• Lead transmission design programmes from concept through to hardware validation
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the design team
• Lead transmission layouts and DMU design reviews
• Act as the technical authority for design best practice and GD&T
• Review transmission, driveline and component designs
• Lead DFMEA activities
• Sign off production 2D drawings and geometric tolerancing
• Support technical problem-solving and design improvements
• Manage technical relationships with suppliers
• Develop technical scopes of work for customer proposals
• Introduce new engineering technologies, methods and materials
• Improve CAD and CAE processes
• Ensure designs are controlled through established engineering and PLM processes
• Work closely with manufacturing, suppliers, sales and other engineering teams

Chief Design Engineer Profile

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 10 years' transmission design engineering experience
• Strong knowledge of transmission design, development, validation and testing
• Advanced CAD modelling experience
• Strong knowledge of GD&T and engineering drawings
• Proven DFMEA experience
• Experience with engineering change and PLM systems
• Previous experience leading and mentoring engineers
• Strong technical problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills