Design Engineer jobs in Belfast

Live design engineer roles in Belfast, with Northern Ireland salary benchmarks.

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43 live roles in Belfast

Electrical Design Engineer

Belfast City District

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Join a high-performing engineering team where your expertise will drive complex projects, influence client strategy, and deliver innovative…

Hybrid Engineering
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Network Design Engineer - Aruba

Belfast

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Prestigious opportunity for a Network Solutions Design Engineer (Aruba) with a global leader in the provision of cutting-edge connectivity and…

Hybrid IT & Technology Permanent
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Design Engineer

Belfast

£40,000

As a Design Engineer every day at Expleo will be out of the ordinary and will require you to be dynamic and responsive to changes in technology…

Hybrid Engineering
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

RF Design Engineer

Belfast City District

£55,000–£75,000

Expleo Defence is seeking an experienced RF Design Engineer to join our growing engineering team, supporting the design, development and validation…

Engineering
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Electrical Design Engineer

Belfast City District

£90,000–£120,000

Join a high-performing engineering team where your expertise will drive complex projects, influence client strategy, and deliver innovative…

Hybrid Engineering
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Mechanical Design Engineer - Thales

Belfast

£36.00 - £40.00/hour

Mechanical Design Engineers Demand: x6 positions Outside IR35 contract Hybrid working - 3 days onsite per week The Role We are seeking an…

Hybrid Engineering Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Belfast: the numbers

  • 43 live design engineer roles in Belfast right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Belfast: £72,500; the middle half of adverts pay £65,000 to £94,000 (from 23 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Jacobs (9), Tetra Tech (4), Expleo (3), Arup (2), Cranmore Recruitment (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 Northern Ireland

£35,000 – £72,500 (indicative · midpoint £55,000)

How this figure was built. Based on 15 live advertised salaries for this role and region. That is below the 20 we require before publishing 25th/75th percentiles, so this cell shows a median only.

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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