Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Precision Devices

Cellular Origins  

Cell therapies have been shown to cure devastating diseases like cancer by reprogramming a patient’s own immune system, offering hope where there was none before. Giving more patients access to these life-saving therapies requires a revolution in manufacturing and process automation. 

Cellular Origins, a TTP company, is leading this revolution. Our proprietary technology tackles the challenges of large-scale production with an elegant robotic automation system that cuts costs, reduces labor, eliminates human error, and boosts efficiency. 

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Precision Devices  

We’re looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with an innate feel for precision design experience to play a crucial role in advancing our mission. 

You’ll take on a key role in creating robust, manufacturable detailed designs for our robotic manufacturing system. As a senior designer you'll be given autonomy and responsibility to design critical modules, leveraging your expertise to swiftly guide us towards stable and reliable solutions. 

If you're a design engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys tackling complex challenges and approaches design with precision and diligence, then we’re looking for you. Join us on our mission in steering the system towards excellence. You’ll join a fast-growing, interdisciplinary, team with a passion for solving worthwhile problems.  

Requirements

• A strong background in Engineering, gained either by degree or vocational route.   
• Proven, hands-on experience developing and delivering products into manufacture.  
• Able to construct detailed tolerance analyses and use appropriate analytical techniques to aid your design work.  
• Highly skilled and fast in the use of 3D CAD (ideally SolidWorks).  
• Demonstrable hands-on experience in complex precision devices in the 10’s-microns to 10’s-mm length-scale. 
• Deep experience of material and manufacturing method selection. 
• The ability to translate devices from ‘works’ to ‘works all the time’  
• Experience gained within the following industries are likely to have provided relevant experience: medical devices, consumer product, automotive, aerospace, digital printing. 

 The above list outlines our ideal candidate, but we know some of you may not apply unless you qualify for all requirements. We believe in the power and importance of diversity, both for our community and the success of our business, so please apply if you meet most of our listed capabilities.   

Benefits

Cellular Origins is part of TTP Group, an employee-owned business. It is based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge.  TTP Group takes a long-term approach to investment and has been at the forefront of bioprocess automation for over 20 years.  Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.  

Our employee benefits include: 

• Annual profit-related bonus 
• 25 days holiday 
• Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay 
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments 
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants 
• Enhanced family friendly leave 
• Life insurance worth 6x salary 
• Electric car leasing scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Season ticket loan 
• An activities and community fund that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether it’s lunchtime squash or football, Zumba or our own rock band. Colleagues initiate new clubs and outings whenever they feel there’s something missing! 
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships.  

Last updated on May 30, 2024