Vacancies

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  Good, confident communicator: Our engineers need to present their ideas persuasively. Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.
  
  Creative problem-solving: Our business is design and to be successful we need to generate novel solutions that are cheaper, more efficient, smaller, more functional, etc.
  
  Logical and well organised: We work under extreme time pressure, and usually engineers at DCA will be working on two or more projects at once. To do this efficiently and effectively you need to be well organised in managing your time.
  
  Appreciation of non-functional design aspects: We operate in multi-functional project teams and mechanical engineers need to co-operate with designers and electronics engineers in order to blend visual and functional aspects of a product.
  
  Team member: Most projects are run using dedicated teams. Engineers at DCA must be able to work with other team members and also with staff outside the immediate team.
  
  Self-reliant: You will be expected to take responsibility for your technical design work, although other engineers at DCA will be happy to advise and we have formal checking procedures in place.
  
  Enthusiastic, hardworking and proud of your work: People at DCA enjoy their work. They like the atmosphere and the variety of work. This is important since it comes through in the results we deliver. You will need to be self-motivating and enthusiastic.

We are now looking to recruit an exceptional lead mechanical engineer with extensive medical product development experience to join our successful and growing medical design and development technical team. First hand experience of working within a medical device development environment is essential.

If you are a highly motivated individual with a desire to be challenged, express yourself, and make a difference, DCA will excite you.

You will be encouraged to take on project management responsibilities as well as technical leadership roles, liaising directly with our clients. However, should support or guidance be required, this is always available from team members.

Our staff are our most important asset. To maintain and improve our high professional standards we provide regular professional and technical development training for all our staff.

Competitive salaries, together with other benefits such as discretionary bonus and pay schemes, are offered and regularly reviewed.

Listed below are the key attributes we will be looking for from potential candidates:


Mechanical Engineering degree: A broad-based mechanical engineering degree from a well-established university with a strong engineering reputation. A 1st or Upper 2nd degree is essential (or equivalent qualification).

Good, wide-ranging technical background: Your university course should have covered a range of engineering disciplines – structures, mechanics, dynamics, fluids, thermodynamics, etc. Your subsequent industrial experience should involve the practical application of as many of these theoretical skills as possible, together with the addition of further skills and knowledge through formal training courses and on the job experience.

Experience: Candidates should have worked in a medical product design environment playing a key technical engineering role in the development team. They should have been involved in taking at least one product through the complete design process. Experience is required of a range of product types, manufacturing processes and materials that builds on the diversity of your technical training.

Able to learn new skills and market areas: Candidates should be able to demonstrate an ability to assimilate new knowledge and information, and should be able to learn and use new skills.

Good, confident communicator: Candidates must have good communication skills, both verbal and written. You will need to communicate confidently and persuasively, both in a formal presentation situation, but also in less formal client and supplier liaison situations. Written reports and other documents will also need to be produced accurately and in a well-presented form.

Creative problem-solving: Candidates should be able to provide examples of novel solutions they have generated that are cheaper, more efficient, smaller, more functional, etc. than the competition. They should be prepared to discuss their approach to creative thinking.

Logical and well organised: We work under extreme time pressure, and usually across a number of projects at the same time. To do this efficiently and effectively you need to be well organised in managing your time.

Commercially aware: Lead engineers at DCA at expected to deal with the financial and commercial aspects of projects as well as the technical and creative issues.

Project management skills: Successful candidates will be expected to manage significant development projects in parallel with their technical work. This will involve selecting and organising the team, managing budgets and timescales, liaising with and presenting to the client.

Appreciation of non-functional design aspects: We operate in multi-functional project teams and our mechanical engineers need to co-operate with designers and electronics engineers to blend the visual and functional aspects of a product.

Team leader and member: Most projects are run using dedicated teams. You must be able to shape, enthuse and lead a project team and work co-operatively with staff outside the immediate team.

Technical leader: You will be expected to assume responsibility for your technical design work and to advise and support the more junior members of your project teams. You will also be called upon periodically to provide technical input into our formal design checking procedures.

Enthusiastic, hardworking and proud of their work: People at DCA enjoy their work. They like the atmosphere and the variety of work. This is important since it comes through in the results we deliver. You will need to be enthusiastic about the whole process of product creation and delivery.

Your eyes are always open, you have an opinion and you never stop creating.

We are looking for designers who are passionate about creating product experiences that resonate with consumers’ and users’ values.

You will be the type of person who revels in working with other disciplines. At DCA you will work with the best design researchers, strategists and engineers to help direct, create and deliver relevant and exciting product experiences in multiple markets.

As a member of our staff you will be part of our most important asset. Our clients work with us because we offer the best probability of success when developing highly innovative products. To keep you at the cutting edge we offer regular professional and personal development training and mentoring for all our staff.


As a member of the DCA team, you will:

Work within a multidiscipline team of designers, engineers and social scientists to help create products and product experiences that resonate with consumers and users.

Collaborate with design strategists and design researchers to develop product designs and design strategies based on evidence, including consumer insight and macro influences.

Help create visual brand languages to communicate emotional qualities of a brand through a product.

Initiate, facilitate and participate creative thinking sessions and brainstorms.

Help explore appropriate new technologies and materials to deliver the product vision.

Help create compelling and clear presentations for clients at all stages of the product development process.

Communicate designs through sketch work, hand modelling and computer illustration packages.

Utilise 3D CAD and rendering software to explore and develop product form, layout and visualisations.

Provide input to DCA’s internal cultural and design trends analysis.


You will need to demonstrate that you have:

Lots of enthusiasm and personal motivation.

A great industrial design degree or an equivalent qualification.

High quality, relevant experience in a product design environment.