Top Design Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Develops fluid-system designs for nuclear engineering projects, including 2D CAD drawings, 3D CAD/BIM models, piping layouts, isometrics, and technical documentation. Performs layout optimization and participates in design and model reviews. Ensures compliance with safety factors, standards, legislation, quality requirements, and project constraints. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams and suppliers while maintaining design records, databases, schedules, budgets, and health and safety standards.

Design and support electrical and plant control systems for engine and rig test facilities. Responsibilities include establishing system specifications, leading electrical capability solutions, troubleshooting operational systems, applying updated technologies and standards, participating in design reviews, and producing wiring schematics in AutoCAD. The role requires electrical engineering qualifications, BS 7671 certification, hazardous-area design experience, plant control knowledge, and system diagnosis skills.

As a Test Design Engineer, you will lead the design of test solutions for aerospace and defence systems, ensuring compliance with standards and customer requirements. You will collaborate with stakeholders and integrate testing systems throughout the product lifecycle.

Creates and maintains component models, technical drawings, master models, and engineering documentation for new and existing products. Ensures designs satisfy fit, form, function, manufacturing, safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements. Collaborates across disciplines, creates analysis models, manages drawing changes, performs tolerance stack-ups, maintains data integrity, and supports continuous improvement. The role requires STEM education, relevant design and drafting experience, and proficiency with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.

Designs and develops mechanical and mechatronic products through concept development, detailed design, prototyping, testing, validation, and implementation. Responsibilities include mechanical component and assembly design, electronics and PCB integration, root cause investigations, design improvements, fabrication, assembly, and technical reviews. The role works across multidisciplinary engineering teams in an R&D environment and requires occasional travel to GE MRO sites for customer research and product testing.

Design electrical systems for buildings across industrial manufacturing, defense, education, and other sectors. Prepare drawings, specifications, reports, and project documentation while meeting budget, quality, and schedule objectives. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate designs, resolve technical issues, and meet client expectations. The role requires applying analytical, technical writing, and electrical design skills while working toward Chartered Engineer status.

Design, develop, verify and optimise bespoke low-voltage electrical power distribution systems and equipment for naval and marine customers. Liaise with multidisciplinary teams, author technical documentation, support manufacture and testing, present design information in reviews, and occasionally travel to customer and supplier sites.

Designs and develops manufacturing-ready BMS and EPMS control panels for mission-critical projects. Responsibilities include creating schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O allocations, communication architectures, bills of materials, and vendor integrations. Performs constructability and technical reviews, validates installation feasibility, manages revisions, supports commissioning readiness, and coordinates with project teams, manufacturers, and vendors. The role also identifies design risks, improves panel architecture and component selection, and supports quality management and continuous improvement.

Leads electrical design for hyperscale and mission-critical data centers across Europe. Responsibilities include managing HV/MV/LV systems, substations, utilities, consultants, permitting, project delivery, construction support, commissioning, and integrated systems testing. The role provides client-side technical leadership, reviews designs and project documents, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages risks and milestones, and ensures compliance with standards and operational requirements.

The Silicon Physical Design Engineer will develop AI chips focusing on performance and power efficiency, collaborating within the team and across departments.

Leads technical and strategic security engineering for new-build and fit-out projects across RIBA stages. Responsibilities include risk assessments, mitigation strategies, operational requirements, security master planning, physical security design, electronic security systems design, and counter-terrorism guidance covering hostile vehicle mitigation, bomb blast, and ballistics. The role also requires business development, security consultancy expertise, and collaboration with project specialists.

Lead the architecture, design, verification, and production release of FPGA systems using VHDL. Perform timing closure, hardware validation, system integration, and lifecycle support while developing reusable IP and verification environments. Collaborate across electronics, software, systems, algorithms, and mechanical engineering teams. Provide technical leadership, define FPGA roadmaps, influence engineering strategy, establish development standards, and mentor engineers across multiple programmes.

Own core product surfaces from concept through launch, creating high-fidelity coded prototypes and improving the coss ui design system. Collaborate asynchronously with product and design engineering, emphasizing accessibility, web standards, interaction details, evidence-based decisions, and reusable component architecture. Frame hypotheses, measure outcomes, document decisions, incorporate critique, and deliver prototypes that engineers can implement directly.

Designs, develops, validates, and implements automated assembly and test systems for manufacturing. Responsibilities include creating test rigs, tooling, fixtures, software, and control solutions; integrating sensors and motion systems; analyzing process data; documenting designs and validation; investigating production issues; and supporting continuous improvement. The role collaborates across mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and product development teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Design and build polished user interfaces across the web app and marketing site. Own UX and visual decisions from concept through production code, develop the design system and component library, improve accessibility and responsiveness, prototype ideas, and promote stronger design practices across the engineering team.

Lead the feasibility and detailed design of highway, traffic, active travel, cycle corridor, junction and public realm schemes. Produce and review drawings, geometric and drainage designs, cost estimates, bills of quantities, audits and contract documents. Manage consultants, budgets and programmes; coordinate stakeholders, developers and public authorities; support consultations and negotiations; ensure legislative and technical compliance; and mentor junior staff.

Designs and delivers highway, traffic, parking, active travel, drainage, and public realm projects. Produces AutoCAD drawings, technical documentation, specifications, cost estimates, quantities, and contract documents. Conducts site visits, inspections, and surveys while incorporating safety, accessibility, sustainability, and maintenance considerations. Collaborates with engineers, project managers, consultants, contractors, developers, public bodies, residents, and businesses throughout feasibility, detailed design, consultation, and construction.

Design structural repair solutions for buildings damaged by fire, flooding, and subsidence. Responsibilities include designing and specifying sub-structure schemes, producing CAD drawings, obtaining permissions, supporting sustainable and net-zero repair approaches, monitoring site work, engaging senior stakeholders, and training colleagues. The role primarily supports listed and historic buildings and requires strong communication, organization, technical judgment, and customer service skills.

Lead mechanical design for consumer electromechanical products from concept through production. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, thermal/fluid/structural analysis, cross-functional collaboration, DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing ramp support in Asia. The role requires designing plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with sensors and actuators, supporting high-volume manufacturing, and traveling to China as needed.

Design and deliver micro-architecture specifications and RTL for Graphcore chips. Collaborate across Silicon teams, use EDA tools and flows, contribute to block- and chip-level checks (lint, synthesis, timing, CDC/RDC, coverage), and work closely with Physical Design, Verification and DFT teams to meet silicon delivery goals.

Design Safety Engineers assess design concepts, failure modes, hazards, risks, and safety impacts for military aero-engine systems. Responsibilities include developing hazard mitigation strategies, performing FMECA and deterministic/probabilistic analyses, evaluating human-system risks, identifying critical parts, producing safety cases, and operating FRACAS. Roles range from graduate to experienced specialist levels and require collaboration with design teams to ensure applicable safety and reliability standards are met.

Lead the architecture and development of mechanical systems and sub-assemblies from 3D CAD through production. Collaborate with mechanical, industrial design, electrical, manufacturing, supplier, and user teams. Manage engineers, establish design standards, support rapid prototyping and design-for-manufacturing, and drive novel robotics products from concept to market. This hands-on role focuses on elegant, user-centered solutions for HaloBraid, a robotic hair-braiding device.

Lead delivery and technical quality for HVDC projects including cable system modelling, rating calculations, routing and installation studies, converter station layouts, specifications, drawings, testing support, and mentoring junior engineers while supporting bid and business development activities.

Design and validate high-speed SerDes and mixed-signal subsystems for next-gen SoCs, oversee full lifecycle from implementation to lab validation.

Seeking a Senior/Staff Digital Design Engineer for CMOS digital design, responsible for implementing high-speed data-processing circuits and prototyping in FPGA. Requires 7+ years of experience in high-performance ASICs and proficiency in algorithm modeling and hardware debugging.