Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Company: Sphere Fluidics 

Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Development 

Location: Granta Park, Cambridge UK  

Salary range: £47,000 - £57,000 per annum  

Functional area: R&D, P&E group 

Reports to: Instrumentation Design Manager 

Sphere Fluidics, a leader in single cell analysis and isolation technologies, seeks a passionate and results-oriented Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our growing team. 

About Sphere Fluidics: 

Our innovative platforms are built on scientific and engineering expertise spanning over a decade. Originally spun out from the University of Cambridge, we specialize in helping researchers find their most critical cells. Leveraging our picodroplet microfluidic technology, we offer high-throughput solutions for single cell isolation and analysis across various applications, including biologics discovery, cell engineering, and synthetic biology. Work small, think big, with us. 

The Role: 

For this role we are seeking an experienced and versatile Mechanical Design Engineer to contribute to the design and development of new scientific instruments.  Reporting to the Instrumentation Design Manager in R&D you will be part of a multi-disciplinary development team that design, prototype, test and transfer into manufacture unique life science instruments.  The role covers the whole design lifecycle, from concept to prototype build and test, to initial production of finished instruments. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop designs from concept to detailed solutions through to manufacture 
• Use your technical knowledge to create design solutions to precise and challenging mechanical requirements 
• Mentor less experienced design engineers in the group 
• Present ideas through sketches and rendered models 
• Source prototype parts and liaise with suppliers  
• Assemble and test prototypes 
• Create and maintain design documentation 
• Deliver design work to project schedules 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Degree / HND in mechanical engineering or similar 
• Comprehensive SolidWorks experience – 3 years minimum 
• Good familiarity with SolidWorks PDM 
• Experience of product development in a high technology industry – 5 years minimum 
• Practice in design using a wide range of manufacturing techniques from sheet metal fabrication to injection moulding 
• Experience of rapid prototyping for design validation and finished parts 
• Hands-on ability to build, test and troubleshoot 
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills 

Advantageous You may also have… 

• Extensive experience of instrument or laboratory equipment design including 
• Optics 
• Miniature fluidics 
• Pneumatics 
• Electrics 
• Thermal control 
• Enclosures 

The Benefits:  

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Employee Share Options (EMI Scheme) 
• Company pension scheme with Aviva (employer contributes 8%)  
• 4x Life Insurance & Critical Illness Cover 
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality  
• Health Cash Plan 
• Group Income Protection  
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Cycle to Work scheme  
• Learning & Development opportunities for career growth 
• Long Service Bonus – up to 5 extra days holiday 
• Recruitment referral scheme (£1,000) 
• Flexible working hours to support work-life balance 

What’s Next? We will review your application and whilst we would love to get back to every applicant, it is not always possible. If you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.   

Sphere Fluidics strives to be an equal opportunities employer. Our policy is to recruit a diverse workforce and follow the guidelines of the Equality Act.