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Principal Design Engineer

Principal Design Engineer

Certain Advantage • Leeds, England, United Kingdom
20 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Principal Design Engineer

Leeds area, UK

Virtual interview

Mon–Fri


Certain Advantage is partnering with a key client to recruit a Principal Design Engineer. You will lead a design team, ensuring effective handover from simulation to design and technical leadership of continuous improvement initiatives for non-conformance.



What will you be doing?

  • Lead and line manage the team, coordinating workloads, resolving issues, and ensuring delivery against timescales, KPIs, and customer requirements.
  • Develop team capability through performance management and targeted support to maintain high standards.
  • Lead complex, high-value projects, delivering innovative, technically advanced solutions and providing expert guidance.
  • Operate with a high degree of autonomy, making informed decisions within organisational and client frameworks.
  • Drive quality in simulation deliverables and lead continuous improvement initiatives within the delivery stream.
  • Manage non-conformance, implementing corrective actions and process improvements.
  • Contribute to engineering strategy, best practices, and process development to enhance operational performance.
  • Define and capture design requirements, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout delivery.
  • Lead internal and external design reviews, securing client acceptance of designs.
  • Provide expert technical support in mechanical engineering across projects.


A couple of things you should know:

  • Proficient in the design of transmission systems, gears, and gearboxes
  • Experienced in producing mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings, and schedules.
  • Analyse and resolve complex design issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
  • Iterate and refine designs through testing and analysis to ensure compliance with specifications.
  • Manage and track design changes to existing products.
  • Prepare technical reports and present progress to project teams and clients.
  • Working knowledge of key design tools, including Solid Edge, Siemens NX, and AutoCAD.
  • Confident in chairing design review meetings.


During an interview, you may be asked about:

  • Your knowledge of quality management systems and industry standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO 9001)
  • Your experience in the heavy engineering industry, power transmission systems, gears and gearboxes



Sounds like you? Apply now or WhatsApp/ring Lukas - 07912 465 208 / 0161 519 8368


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