Product Design Engineer

✈️We're Hiring: Product Design Engineer

📍 Crawley, West Sussex (Hybrid) | 🕒 Full-time, Permanent

At Unum Aircraft Seating, we're redefining what premium air travel feels like. Our smart, adaptable, lie-flat seating solutions are trusted by airlines to deliver exceptional passenger comfort — and we're just getting started.

Don't miss your opportunity to join our team of fantastic innovators who together combine engineering expertise with exceptional design to meet the highest safety, comfort, and efficiency standards for commercial aircraft.  We are redefining business class comfort with our smart, adaptable, and reliable aircraft seating design.

Unum Aircraft Seating; Reliably comfortable, responsibly made. 

We're now hiring for a Product Design Engineer to join our growing Engineering team and help bring our next-generation aircraft seating products from concept to reality.

🚀 Why Join Unum?

• Be part of a growing, ambitious startup environment changing the aircraft seating industry
• Work on premium products with real-world impact
• A culture built on collaboration, sustainability, and quality

Fantastic benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays
• Early finish on Fridays 🎉
• Flexible start and finish times
• Hybrid working options
• Three attractive pension scheme options
• Electric car & cycle-to-work schemes
• Access to employee discounts and wellbeing platform

🔧What you will be doing as a Product Design Engineer at Unum

As a key member of our Engineering team, you'll:

• Design and develop innovative aircraft seating products from concept through to manufacture.
• Create detailed 3D CAD models and drawings (primarily in SolidWorks).
• Work hands-on with manufacturing to ensure designs are robust, buildable, and certifiable.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and certification teams to solve real-world challenges.
• Support configuration control and product data within our PLM system (3DX).
• Play an active role in design reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

🧠 What we Look For in our Product Design Engineers

You'll bring:

• A degree in Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar.
• Solid experience with CAD (ideally SolidWorks) — parts, assemblies, and drawings.
• A strong grounding in mechanical design, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• A genuine interest in aircraft interiors, seating, or engineered products.
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset and great communication skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet project deadlines

Bonus points for:

• Experience in a manufacturing or regulated engineering environment.
• Exposure to PLM systems (3DX or similar).
• Familiarity with FEA or simulation tools.
• Aerospace / aircraft interiors seating industry experience (not essential!).

Don't miss your chance to be considered and progress your Engineering career, apply now so we can find out more about you!

Unum Aircraft Seating is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and respected. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Proof of eligibility will be required prior to commencing employment.

At Unum, we're dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for all applicants and a first-class candidate experience.  If you require any reasonable adjustments during your interview process, please let us know. 

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we may close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.