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Contact On Target Recruitment Ltd

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Product Development Engineer

Plymouth, Devon

On Target Recruitment Ltd

Contact On Target Recruitment Ltd

Hours
Full Time
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
35000.00 - 50000.00 GBP Annual + Excellent Benefits
Recruiter
On Target Recruitment Ltd
Closes
11 Dec 2025
Course
No
Contract Type
Permanent
Recruiter Type
Direct Employer

Description

The Job Product Development Engineer

The Company:

A leading manufacturer and systems engineering company who operate globally

Leading manufacturer within Hydraulics including Pumps, Valves, Motors & Systems

Offering world class products and newly designed products and systems to the Industrial and Off Highway Hydraulic market

Good opportunities for career growth and excellent training and professional development

Benefits of the Product Development Engineer

Salary GBP35k - GBP50k depending on experience

Pension

Laptop

25 days annual leave rising to 30 with service + bank holidays

The Role of the Product Development Engineer

You will be involved in supporting operations and helping with running of the factory, keep drawings up to date etc

You will be responding to customer requests & making changes and tweaks to existing products to fit their requirement

You will also be involved in new product development such as increasing power/pressure for clients - digitalisation/electrification etc As well as designing brand new products which will be used in the future

Working with customers on prototyping, lots of project work and software development. Doing design work on AutoCAD Inventor.

Design for Hydraulic Pumps, Motors, Valves & Systems as well as the software and controls etc

Work within Industrial and Off Highway, Mobile OEM, Marine etc

Writing technical reports and doing product development

Lead and oversee new product development projects

The Ideal Person for the Product Development Engineer

Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline - ideally a masters within Mechanical, Mechatronic, Integrated, Systems Engineering or maybe Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

Good Mechanical knowledge with ideally some knowledge around embedded electronics, software programming etc

May consider a straight or recent graduate at the bottom end of the salary scale, though happy with experienced person at the top end.

Great if have design exp with Autodesk Inventor but MUST have design experience, not just a draughtsman.

Able to design and create technical products.

Consider good design/product development experience within any Mechanical products such as Pneumatics, Pumps, Valves, Motors, Gearboxes etc

Good communications, team player, good eye for detail, driven, ability to write reports.

If you think the role of Product Development Engineer is for you, apply now!

Consultant: Bjorn Johnson

Email: (url removed)

Tel no. (phone number removed)

Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK.

About On Target

At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally.

Ad ID: 5417419045

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