We are seeing a period of exceptional growth in our mechanical engineering team at the moment in response to a wide range of exciting long term project requests from clients in all four of our market sectors.

As a result, we are able to offer exciting career opportunities for outstanding graduate mechanical engineers with a proven passion for product development as part of our growing, dynamic technical team.

You will get the chance to work alongside other talented individuals on a diverse range of exciting and challenging projects, from well-known consumer products, novel transport solutions to safety-critical medical devices knowing that with your input you can make a real difference to people s lives.

We operate in multi-functional project teams and our mechanical engineers need to work closely with designers, electronics, software engineers and other skill teams to integrate the visual and functional aspects of a product to create class-leading designs.

The vast majority of the products we design go to market and are highly visible, it s great to see the products you have helped design on TV or on supermarket shelves!

What we expect

• A great creative problem-solver, able to generate innovative solutions to complex engineering problems.
• You to be able to combine academic excellence with a natural engineering intuition and a genuine interest in product development.
• Enjoy assimilating new information and learn new skills very quickly in a dynamic, consultancy environment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with clients and colleagues.
• To take responsibility for your technical design work, although experienced engineers will be happy to advise you and we have formal checking procedures in place.
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking and proud of your work. People at DCA are passionate about the creation and delivery of new products.

What you need

• A 1st or Upper 2nd degree in mechanical engineering from a university with a strong engineering reputation, or an equivalent broad-based technical qualification.
• Direct experience in a product design and development environment is not essential, but relevant work experience and university design projects would be beneficial.
• We will expect you to be able to work in our Warwick studios and you must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
• To lead by example in setting standards with a can do attitude that inspires colleagues and clients

What we offer

• The opportunity to work collaboratively, with world-leading skill and sector experts on fascinating design and development projects with global impact, often seeing projects through from the initial exploratory front end to launch.
• Get involved in designing clever mechanisms, creating elegant mathematical models, get hands-on building and testing prototypes in our many workshops and labs fitted with state-of-the-art equipment.
• Help create novel IP, reduce cost and environmental impact, improving manufacturability and improving performance to create class-leading products.
• The opportunity to work with some of the world s most exciting and innovative brands and companies, including Bentley, GSK, Reckitt, Hitachi, Rolls-Royce, Sanofi to tackle some of the most challenging issues.
• We combine formal training and on-the-job career development through our graduate development programme and reviewing processes
• The opportunity to grow with regular professional and technical development opportunities.

Benefits

• We offer competitive salaries, with paid overtime.
• 22 days holiday + (extra days for long service up to 32 days).
• A 37 hour working week with half day on Fridays, great for work-life balance.
• A substantial annual discretionary profit-related bonus.
• 2 additional fixed holiday bonuses in (paid in July and December, totalling 3% of base pay).
• Pension scheme.
• Our Warwick campus with its town centre location is convenient for shops or grabbing a coffee.
• Activities and Social fund, various subsidised sport activities throughout the week. Staff run Football, Badminton, Squash, running, go karting and cycling trips away.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Paid parking permit.