Graduate Consultant - Product Design
- Location:
- Harwell, Didcot
- Type:
- Full Time Employment (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2025)
- Salary:
- £30,000
About the role
About you
Role Responsibilities
- Build considered and robust CAD models in SolidWorks and / or CREO
- Industrial Design project work, including front end research, ideation, hand sketching, CAD surfacing photorealistic rendering, presentations
- 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 or BA [or higher] Product Design degree [or similar]
- Strong 3D CAD skills
- Strong skills in sketching and Keyshot
- 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
- 01Employee benefit schemes available
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Health insurance
- Sabbatical scheme
- ECV car scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- 02Private healthcare
- 03Paid leave for those extra special days
- Your birthday
- Your wedding day
- The day you’re moving house
- Your child's first day at school
- 04Cycle to work scheme
- 05Holiday options
We provide purchase and buy back options for your annual leave.
- 06Ten days training per year
With a training budget of up to 5% of your annual salary.
- 07Generous 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.
- Location:
- Harwell, Didcot
- Type:
- Full Time Employment (12 Months Fixed Term - starting in September 2025)
- Salary:
- £30,000