Design Engineer

Design Engineer

LOCATION: Aylesford, Kent, Office based

WORKING HOURS: 8.00am – 4.30pm

CONTRACT: Full-time, Permanent

Join Our Team

We're looking for a Design Engineer to join our growing team at Pineapple.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an award-winning business where you'll play an important role in supporting our continued success. If you're passionate about delivering great results, enjoy working collaboratively and are looking for a company that genuinely values its people, we'd love to hear from you.

What We’re Looking for

As a Design Engineer, you will create accurate, high-quality furniture layouts, drawings and plans that bring our customers’ spaces to life. Working closely with the wider team, you will translate customer requirements into clear and practical design solutions, ensuring furniture is effectively planned within each space. You will also support manager with a range of additional projects, contributing to continuous improvement and the ongoing development of our products and processes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Produce customer and quote drawings for specials to get accurate costs. 

• Produce accurate, detailed, and scaled 3D models of the furniture using Autodesk Inventor and/or SolidWorks to generate drawings for manufacturing and BOM (Bill of Materials) for standard and special products. Reverse engineer where required. 

• Generate CAD files such as BIM, AutoCAD drawings, renderings, and other similar files.

• Quality check any drawings created in the office and samples of products and create detailed reports highlighting discrepancies and issues 

• Internal recording in the product database of the jobs, space plans, and any specials created. 

• Liaise with manufacturers and internal staff to ensure a smooth flow of the products/projects, dealing with any issues or queries as they arise. 

• Assisting NPD with product improvement drawings and product manufacturing drawings. 

• Factory and site visits to assist with product/production issues and survey customer’s needs. 

• Helping to quality check all drawings.

• Assist the Head of Sustaining Engineering and Senior Design Engineer in running the office in their absence. 

• Any other ad hoc duties as required by the business.

What You'll Be Doing

Success means delivering accurate, high-quality technical designs that meet customer needs, support manufacturing and contribute to continuous product improvement.

Requirements

Ideally, you’ll have:

• You are qualified in Industrial/Product/furniture design to degree level or equivalent Design engineering qualifications with experience working in a similar furniture Design Engineer role. 

• Experienced in producing detailed drawings and designs for manufacture. 

• Have excellent experience with CAD packages – Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks. 

• Experience in CGI software (3DS Max or SolidWorks Visualise) would be useful. 

• Excellent IT skills with competent use of Microsoft Office (mainly Outlook and Excel). 

• An excellent understanding of material properties and manufacturing processes. 

• Excellent technical and engineering experience. 

• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision while effectively managing and prioritising multiple projects simultaneously.

• High attention to detail. 

• Confident, pro-active, approachable, and happy to turn your hand to anything required. 

• Self-motivated and organised with excellent attention to detail and can-do attitude. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Benefits

Benefits and Perks

Here’s what you can look forward to when you join us:

• We’re proud to be recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years) – and we work hard to make sure our people genuinely feel it
• Competitive salary and a discretionary annual bonus
• 15 work from home days per year
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan – claim back medical, dental and optical costs
• Perks & rewards platform – access hundreds of deals and discounts
• Gym discounts through our perks platform
• Employee Assistance Programme – confidential support when you need it
• 23 days’ holiday plus UK bank holidays, increasing to 26 with length of service
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Loyalty reward for increasing years of service
• Death in service
• Learning & Development platform with online courses, certifications and professional development tools to support your career growth
• Tree planted in your honour when you join – with trees already planted in the UK, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Madagascar
• Sustainability-focused business – committed to low-carbon operations, renewable energy and recycled materials
• Regular team socials and events, including summer and Christmas parties
• Christmas gift
• Monthly Pizza Friday
• Free fruit, snacks, hot drinks and cold beverages
• Refer a friend scheme – £250 reward
• EV car charging facilities
• High-quality, modern office environment
• Free onsite parking / within walking distance from the train station 

Pineapple is a global leader in designing innovative furniture for challenging environments. Founded in 1975 as a family-run business, we've grown into an international organisation with headquarters in Kent and offices in France, Germany and the USA.

With more than 200 employees worldwide, we're passionate about creating furniture that not only looks great and performs exceptionally but also helps create calm, safe and inspiring spaces for the people who use it.

We're proud to have been recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported and empowered to succeed.

Our Values

We're proud of the culture we've built and are looking for someone who shares our values:

Teamwork – We work collaboratively, supporting one another and recognising that the best results come from working together.

Committed – We take pride in what we do, showing dedication, reliability and a strong work ethic every day.

Ownership – We take responsibility for our work, act with integrity and continually look for ways to improve.

Positive – We approach challenges with optimism, enthusiasm and a solutions-focused mindset.

Responsive – We act quickly, communicate effectively and always strive to exceed customer expectations.

If you’re looking for a supportive, people-first workplace where you can grow your career and genuinely enjoy coming to work, you’ll feel right at home with us.

Diversity & Inclusion -  Pineapple is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Recruitment agencies:  Thank you for your interest in working with Pineapple. We will reach out directly if we require support.