Junior Mechanical Design Engineer – Kickstart Your Career in Engineering!

About the role

In this role, you will get the opportunity to develop mechanical components and assemblies while adapting existing designs to specific customer orders. The work perfectly combines practical design tasks with cross-functional collaboration across engineering, production, and supplier teams. You will be supported by experienced colleagues, making this a fantastic environment to grow your expertise in mechanical engineering and manufacturing documentation.

In this role, you will be employed in a 12-month fixed-term contract with our client company, working as an embedded consultant for an in-house product company.

What our client can offer to you:

• Salary: 2500–3500 €/month, depending on your background and current skill level.
• A strong start to your career: You will get hands-on experience in a real product company environment, learning the complete lifecycle from CAD design to manufacturing.
• A collaborative environment: You will work closely with different departments, ensuring you gain a broad understanding of industrial engineering.

Work tasks

Your daily tasks will revolve around 3D modeling and creating precise manufacturing documentation for customized orders. You will ensure that technical specifications are met and that production has the correct information to build the components.

• Producing and updating 3D models for mechanical parts and subsystems.
• Preparing accurate, detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Adapting established product designs to order-specific requirements.
• Keeping design records and related information up to date in PDM and ERP systems.
• Collaborating with sales, R&D, manufacturing, and suppliers.

The work contract is with our client company, a consultancy company and you

We are looking for

• Mandatory: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering (or currently finalizing your studies).
• Mandatory: Hands-on experience with PTC Creo. This can be from your studies, internships, thesis work, or academic/personal projects.
• Mandatory: Fluent communication skills in English.
• Advantage: Basic understanding of manufacturing methods, engineering fundamentals, and familiarity with PDM systems.
• Personality: You are eager to learn, responsive to feedback, and possess a careful, detail-oriented approach to your work.

Schedule for the recruitment:

• Application period is open now.
• We are processing applications continuously and aim to present the first candidates by mid-October.
• Client interviews will follow immediately after.

Location & Remote work:

• The client's office is located in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The role requires working at the office for a minimum of 2 days per week to ensure smooth onboarding and teamwork.

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.