Product Development Consultant

Product Development Consultant

Date: 2026-09-17

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB, CB1 0

Application Deadline: 2026-12-16T11:39:11.09

Description

Are you an enthusiastic Product Developer that thrives on applying your skills to the development of diverse products across a range of market sectors? Sagentia Innovation, a division of Science Group plc, is expanding its mechanical engineering team to support our continued growth in delivering world leading product development expertise to our clients. We have:

• A multitude of exciting projects in the medical, industrial, defence and consumer sectors


• An energetic and widely experienced product design and mechanical engineering team

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional, hands-on product developer to join our group of world class employees. If successful, you will have the opportunity to work with clients from start-ups through to global market leaders. You will have a passion for technology and will use a combination of innovation, flexibility and technical excellence to meet and exceed our customers' often demanding requirements and tight development timescales. You will work across the product development lifecycle, including:

• Requirements development and qualification to inform new concept generation activities


• Technology validation through early-stage risk reduction prototyping


• Detailed product development and ultimately transfer to manufacture

A Day in the life

You will have the opportunity to employ your product development skills on one or more projects simultaneously across sectors. Projects range from a couple of months to a couple of years. Many projects require a multidisciplinary approach involving our electronics, software, applied science, and of course, the mechanical and product design teams you will be part of. This role focuses on the creation and delivery of new product designs to our clients. Recent examples include:

• Development of core delivery engine technology for consumer beverage dispensing


• Development of a laparoscopic surgical robotic system: control interfaces, robotic manipulators, and surgical instruments


• Development of a topical cream dispenser in the personal care space


• Improvements in the efficiency of negative pressure wound therapy systems through design innovation

Opportunities

Develop your experience in managing projects or work packages to tight timescales throughout the full product development lifecycle. You should have strong interpersonal and communication skills—confidence and capability in a client-facing role. There are opportunities for business development by providing pre-sales input and interfacing directly with clients under the guidance of our business development team. Work will mainly be at our Sagentia innovation offices in Harston, Cambridge, with potential travel to other Science Group sites and client locations in Europe or the USA. We operate in a fast-paced environment solving a variety of industry problems.

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

• A degree (2.1 or above) in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a relevant engineering discipline plus industry experience


• Development experience in new products and platforms, ideally in a consultancy or commercial environment


• CAD design experience (preferably with SolidWorks and/or CREO)


• Analytical skills including tolerance analysis, FEA, Multiphysics modelling (COMSOL), and first principles calculations (using MATLAB and MATHCAD)


• Enthusiasm to work in multidisciplinary teams across diverse sectors


• Experience contributing to projects to tight timescales


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills—confident and capable in a client-facing role

Additional (Optional) Skills

• Project management experience


• Experience developing products under medical regulatory constraints


• Mechatronic design, especially for complex electromechanical products such as robotics


• Designing complex plastic parts for moulding


• Design for manufacture and assembly

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Product Development Consultant Department: Mechanical Systems & Design Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Cambridge Description Are you an enthusiastic Product Developer that thrives on applying your skills to the development of diverse products across a range of market sectors? Sagentia Innovation, a division of Science Group plc, is expanding its mechanical engineering team to support our continued growth in delivering world leading product development expertise to our clients. We have A multitude of exciting projects in the medical, industrial, defence and consumer sectors An energetic and widely experienced product design and mechanical engineering team The Opportunity We are looking for an exceptional, hands-on product developer to join our group of world class employees. If successful you will have the opportunity to work with clients from start-ups through to global market leaders. You will have a passion for technology and will use a combination of innovation,
flexibility and technical excellence to meet and exceed our customers' often demanding requirements and tight development timescales. You will work across the product development lifecycle. Requirements development and qualification to inform new concept generation activities. Technology validation through early-stage risk reduction prototyping Detailed product development and ultimately transfer to manufacture. A Day in the life You will have the opportunity to employ your product development skills on one or more projects simultaneously across sectors. Projects range in length anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years. Many of our projects require a multidisciplinary approach involving our electronics, software and applied science teams and of course the mechanical and product design team that you will be part of. This role has a focus on the creation and delivery of new product designs to our clients. Recent examples of our work have included: Development of core
delivery engine technology for consumer beverage dispensing Development of a Laparoscopic surgical robotic system: control interfaces, robotic manipulators and surgical instruments Development of a topical cream dispenser in the personal care space Improvements in the efficiency of negative pressure wound therapy systems through design innovation You will have the opportunity to develop Your experience of managing projects or work packages to tight timescales throughout the full product development life cycle Strong interpersonal and communication skills - confidence and capability in a client facing role Business development expertise by providing pre-sales input and assistance, interfacing directly with clients under the guidance of our business development team Your work will predominately be based at our Sagentia innovation offices in Harston, Cambridge. There may also be opportunities to travel and work at other Science Group sites and businesses within the UK and
to client sites in Europe or USA. You will enjoy a fast-paced environment in which we solve a variety of problems from different industries. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise A Degree (2.1 or above), in Mechanical Engineering or Product Design or other relevant engineering discipline plus industry experience Development experience to include the new products and platforms, ideally gained within a consultancy or commercial environment CAD design experience (preferably with SolidWorks and/or CREO) Analytical skills ranging from tolerance analysis to employing tools such as FEA and Multiphysics modelling (COMSOL), through to first principles engineering calculations, potentially using tools such as MATLAB and MATHCAD Enthusiasm to work in a multidisciplinary team across diverse market sectors Experience of contributing to projects or work packages to tight timescales Strong interpersonal and communication skills- confident and capable in a client facing role
You might also have (but not essential): Project management experience in delivering complex products Experience of developing products under the regulatory constraints required for medical products Mechatronic design experience for complex electromechanical products such as robotics Experience of designing complex plastic parts for moulding Experience of design for manufacture and assembly #J-18808-Ljbffr