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If so, this opportunity may be the right next step for you.This rapidly growing aerospace and defense organisation is building a broad portfolio of complex engineered hardware. Engineers operate with significant autonomy and are encouraged to challenge existing designs, solve difficult manufacturing problems and develop modern solutions for established aerospace applications.The Product Development Engineer will be one of the first technical people involved when a new opportunity is identified. You'll get underneath the hardware and determine: How does it work? Can we design it? How should we manufacture it? How would we test it? And is it an opportunity worth pursuing?As the Product Development Engineer your responsibilities will includeReviewing engineering drawings, assemblies, GD&T, materials and technical specifications to understand how hardware worksEvaluating how products could be designed, manufactured, assembled and tested using practical engineering judgementInvestigating existing hardware and identifying opportunities to redesign, modernise or improve components and assembliesWorking hands-on across design, prototype builds, testing and manufacturing to solve technical problems and validate approachesCollaborating with engineering, manufacturing, customers and commercial teams to influence which opportunities progress into new productsAs the Product Development Engineer you will bring3+ years of recent, hands-on experience in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, product or mechatronics engineeringExperience actually designing, building, testing or troubleshooting physical hardwareAbility to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, assemblies, materials and specificationsPractical understanding of manufacturing processes and how designs transition from concept into physical productsStrong engineering judgement and communication skills, with the confidence to solve ambiguous problems across multiple disciplinesYou don't need to come from a specific aerospace product or have previously made commercial decisions. 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