Annual Salary
£25,000 to £55,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
Swap to Engineering design or Maintenance or go back to all job sectors or go to green jobs
Swap to Engineering design or Maintenance or go back to all job sectors or go to green jobs
Design engineers improve product performance and efficiency while researching and developing new ideas and systems.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: between 8am and 6pm;
There will be
2.4% more Design and development engineer jobs in 2027.
As a design and development engineer, you could:
You could work in an office, in a workshop or in a laboratory.
You can get into this job through:
You can take a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree course.
Subjects include:
Mechanical, electrical and civil engineering qualifications might also be accepted by employers.
Courses accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) may help your career development later on.
You'll usually need:
You might be able to apply for a Product Design and Development Engineer, or Robotics Engineer, Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship.
This can take around 4 and a half years to complete.
You'll usually need:
You could apply directly for design and development engineer roles.
You'll need experience and qualifications in a particular branch of engineering, for example:
You can find out more about engineering careers and training from the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) and Neon.
You can use your design skills to work across lots of different industries, such as:construction; biomedical engineering; electronics; renewable energy; automotive design
With experience you could become a lead design engineer, project manager or consultant
You can also improve your career opportunities by registering for chartered status with the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).
Design and development engineers will design and simulate the next generation of space platforms. As space is such a difficult environment to work in all of the structures have to be carefully designed and simulated down on earth before it is built and launched.
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You'll need: