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# Junior Design Engineer

- **Company:** Sterling GP Ltd
- **Location:** Stokesley, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £28,000.0 - £38,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3d Models, Autodesk Inventor, Computer Programming
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cfba7978416ccd9f

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Welding?, * Strong understanding of Mechanical Design

 * 2+ years of experience in a similar role
 * Experience with Autodesk Inventor
 * Good IT skills
 * Alignment with Core Values:
 * Quality and product support - Customer gets exactly what they require
 * Humble - Knows how best to serve the team, emphasises, and promotes the team over self.
 * Hungry - Strives to continue to learn, succeed and serve the company, self-motivated and diligent.
 * Smart - Has strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.
 * Good communicator

Other Experience

 * Experience of welding and fabricating steel - able to weld
 * Operating and setup of laser cutter and press brake
 * Programming and operating industrial robots or Cobot robots
 * Jig design and manufacture, * Engineering: 2 years (preferred)

## Description

To support the team in the development of innovative products within Sterling. Ensuring designs are able to be manufactured efficiently to a high quality. Taking concept designs and engineering them including prototypes. Supporting the development of automation, in-house machinery and jig development:

 * 3D modelling and drawing of components and assemblies, including technical layout drawings, electrical diagrams and managing bill of materials
 * Design improvements, working with suppliers and operations team to decrease costs and reduce labour hours through revised design
 * Maintaining product technical files with relevant information
 * Designing jigs for manually welded and robot welded assemblies
 * Creating nest program files for automated laser cutter and 3D bend programs for press brake
 * Laser cutter and press brake maintenance, support and set-up
 * Support and troubleshooting of manufacturing and assembly processes


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