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# Junior Design Engineer

- **Company:** Chiltern
- **Location:** Milton Keynes, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £28,000.0 - £32,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Control Panels, Serial Communications, ISO-14001
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815588103-junior-design-engineer

## About the Role

* Minimum ONC / OND or BTEC Level 3 in relevant engineering disciplines.
 * Electrical knowledge (Basic principles)
 * Dynamic, seeks out opportunities for improvement, delivers solutions
 * To be able to manage a dynamic workload and have a flexible approach to the role
 * Work well as an individual or within a group
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, * Design experience of: Jigs, fixtures, tooling, mechatronics or special purpose machines
 * Electrical or electro-pneumatic controls within industrial automation
 * Understanding of electro-pneumatic control including circuit diagrams
 * Design of control panels
 * Knowledge of serial interface communication
 * Electrical drives and control experience

## Description

The individual will work closely with all Manufacturing functions to ensure designs align with corporate best practice and are engineered for efficient manufacture at the Milton Keynes facility., * Support the company in its growth of special engineered products by working closely with Sales and all current and potential customers.

 * Obtain all data necessary to prepare the quotation and engineered solution of a customers project by liaising with External Sales, direct with customers, vendors and internal departments.
 * Design special products using CAD from conception through to detailed design in accordance with BS 8888 and company standards.
 * Seek to provide solutions that reduce both the product and manufacturing environmental impact through the complete product life cycle.
 * Ensure design solutions are safe for manufacturing operatives, installers/integrators, end users, maintenance operatives and end of life decommissioning.
 * Calculate product costs based on the corporation policy.
 * Ensure ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 policies and procedures are adhered to.


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