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Graduate Consultant - Product Design

Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Location Type:
In-Office
Type:
Full-Time (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2026)
Salary:
£30,000
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About the role

Graduate Consultants will work on a range of product design & development projects across medical, scientific, consumer and industrial sectors assisting other team members with tasks such as design, ideation, prototyping and testing. Successful graduates will be offered a permanent Junior Consultant role on completion of their initial contract.

About you

You should be motivated to work in a fast-paced consultancy environment on projects across a variety of sectors. You will be able to work collaboratively, across multiple disciplinary teams, and build strong relationships with both colleagues and clients. However, you will also be confident to work independently, autonomously and use good judgement when completing project work. Strong prototyping skills and being able to work with physical models is critical to the success of this role. You will need experience or be able to learn to use 3D printers, laser cutters, hand tools as well as have an eye for detail when building or constructing anything physical.

Role Responsibilities

  • Work on and deliver Industrial Design project work, including front end research, ideation, hand sketching, generating A-surface CAD models, photorealistic rendering and presentations
  • Deliver project commitments within assigned timescales
  • Build considered and robust CAD models in SolidWorks and / or CREO
  • Assist with prototyping activities as well as building jigs & fixtures
  • Work within OPD’s design processes and procedures (ISO 9001 / ISO 13485)

Role Requirements

  • BSc or BA [or higher] Product Design degree [or similar]
  • Strong 3D CAD skills, experience in solid and surface modelling
  • Strong visual/presentation skills in areas such as sketching and Keyshot
  • Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to articulate your thinking
  • Confidence and experience working within a workshop environment (3D printers, laser cutters, hand tools)
  • 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
  • Full entitlement to work in the UK, without any requirement for sponsorship in the future

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.

OPD Values

  • collaborate - better together
    Thoughtful and empathetic, we build strong relationships based on trust and respect.
  • innovate - curiosity-driven, evidence-led
    As problem solvers, we are driven by curiosity and are motivated by our quest to make things better.
  • delight - customer first
    We create value by combining disciplined rigour with agile thinking.

Company benefits

  • 01
    Employee benefit schemes available
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Pension scheme
    • Sabbatical scheme
    • ECV car 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

Send a copy of your CV, cover letter and portfolio letting us know why you’re a good fit for the role to jobs@opd.uk.com

Direct applicants only please, strictly no recruitment agencies.

Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Location Type:
In-Office
Type:
Full-Time (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2026)
Salary:
£30,000
apply now
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