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Graduate Consultant - Electromechanical

Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Type:
Full Time Employment (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2025)
Salary:
£30,000
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About the role

Electromechanical Graduate Consultants will work on a range of product design & development projects across medical, scientific, consumer and industrial sectors. Successful graduates will be offered a permanent Junior Consultant role on completion of their initial contract.

About you

We’re looking for graduate electromechanical / mechatronics engineers who want to work in a fast-paced consultancy environment on projects across a variety of sectors. Working collaboratively and building strong relationships with colleagues and clients is key to the success of this role, but it’s also important that you can work independently and autonomously as well.

Role Responsibilities

  • Build considered and robust CAD models in SolidWorks and / or CREO
  • Assist with laying out circuits, coding, mechatronics, debugging and testing
  • Prototype, jigs & fixtures building (3D printing, laser cutting, etc) and evaluation
  • Deliver project commitments within assigned timescales
  • Work within OPD’s design processes and procedures (ISO 9001 / ISO 13485)

Role Requirements

  • BSc / BEng (or higher) Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics (or similar) degree
  • Strong 3D CAD skills
  • Confidence in the workshop
  • Creative problem-solving ability
  • Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
  • Relevant work experience either gained as industry experience on your course / summer work placement / gap year

Working at OPD

At Oxford Product Design (OPD) we’re on a mission to make things better. Better for the products we design, the clients we work with, our people working here, our planet, and everyone we connect with along the way.

Our exceptional team of professional problem solvers work with both start-ups on ground-breaking new ideas, as well as some of the world’s leading brands on category-defining products that improve how we humans live and work.

As innovators we are curious, experimental, creative and passionate. But our pragmatic, precise approach and highly technical expertise mean that manufacturability and risk management are at the core of everything we do.

We are based in a beautiful historic barn in Harwell, Oxfordshire. There is plenty of on-site parking and the studio is well connected by bus and rail links.

Company benefits

  • 01
    Employee benefit schemes available
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Pension scheme
    • Health insurance
    • Sabbatical scheme
    • ECV car scheme
    • Cycle to Work scheme
    • Season ticket loan
  • 02
    Private healthcare
  • 03
    Paid leave for those extra special days
    • Your birthday
    • Your wedding day
    • The day you’re moving house
    • Your child's first day at school
  • 04
    Cycle to work scheme
  • 05
    Holiday options

    We provide purchase and buy back options for your annual leave.

  • 06
    Ten days training per year

    With a training budget of up to 5% of your annual salary.

  • 07
    Generous holiday allowance

    You’ll have 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays).

How to apply

Use the form below to send us a copy of your CV and a cover letter letting us know why you’re a good fit for the role. Or you can email us at jobs@opd.uk.com

Direct applicants only please, strictly no recruitment agencies.

My CV
My Cover Letter
Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Type:
Full Time Employment (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2025)
Salary:
£30,000
apply now
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