Design Engineer jobs in Aberdeen

Live design engineer roles in Aberdeen, with Scotland salary benchmarks.

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56 live roles in Aberdeen

Design Engineer

Aberdeen

Starting from £40k per annum

We're looking for a Highways & Drainage Design Engineer to join our team based in Various locations.

Engineering
11 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Design Engineer

Aberdeen

Starting from £40k per annum

We're looking for a Highways & Drainage Design Engineer to join our team based in Various locations.

Engineering
10 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Substation Design Engineer

Aberdeen City

£60,000–£90,000

Join our Offshore AC Project Engineering team and take a leading technical role in the development of major electricity transmission infrastructure…

Hybrid Engineering Permanent
4 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Electrical Design Engineer

Aberdeen

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We are recruiting for an Electrical Design Engineer to join an established engineering business in Aberdeen. This permanent role will suit a…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
24 hours ago Apply now

Lead Design Engineer

Aberdeen City

£64,000–£77,000

As a Lead Design Engineer you will lead a varied design portfolio, ensuring high quality, cost effective engineering solutions while driving team…

Engineering Permanent
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Graduate Design Engineer

Aberdeen

£30000/annum

The role - Graduate Design Engineer Location - Aberdeen City Centre Hours - Full-time - 8.30-17.00 (Monday to Friday) Salary - £30k Office Angels…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
4 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Aberdeen: the numbers

  • 56 live design engineer roles in Aberdeen right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Aberdeen: £70,500; the middle half of adverts pay £65,000 to £77,500 (from 39 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Ernest Gordon Recruitment (7), Deploy Recruitment Group (4), Hudson Shribman (3), SSE PLC (3), Accord People (2).
  • Newest advert posted 5 November 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Design Engineer salary in Scotland

£36,000 – £52,000 (indicative · midpoint £44,000)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Sector and toolchain drive pay: special-purpose machinery, defence and energy design roles pay above general fabrication drawing-office work. Chartership (CEng via IMechE or IET) and ownership of designs from concept through validation are the strongest levers.
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