Design Engineer jobs in Exeter

Live design engineer roles in Exeter, with South West salary benchmarks.

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40 live roles in Exeter

Design Engineer

Exeter

£40000 - £45000/annum Bonus + Pension + Holiday

Design Engineer Exeter £40,000 - £45,000 + Bonus + Pension + Holiday Excellent opportunity for a Design Engineer to get into a rapidly expanding…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
11 hours ago Apply now

Geotechnical Design Engineer

Exeter

£40000 - £48000/annum hybrid working, multiple benefits

Technical ownership, varied projects and supported career progression. The Business: This established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
1 week ago Apply now

Design Engineer

Exeter, Devon

£300 - £450/day

Client: Principal Contractor (In-House Design Consultancy) Location: Exeter Support a major contractors design consultancy delivering detailed…

Engineering Full-time
1 week ago Apply now

Geotechnical Design Engineer

Exeter, Devon

£31000 - £40000/annum

Geotechnical Engineer Location: Exeter Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 (Dependent on Experience) Are you a Geotechnical Engineer looking to take the next…

Hybrid Engineering Full-time Permanent
1 week ago Apply now

Mechanical Design Engineer

Exeter, Devon

£38000 - £40000/annum

Mechanical Design Engineer | Product Design Engineer | R&D Engineer Salary up to £40,000 | Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm Introduction Acorn by Synergie…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Mechanical Design Engineer (Excellent Training)

Exeter, Devon

£36500 - £40000/annum Excellent Training and Progression

Mechanical Design Engineer (Excellent Training) Office Based, Exeter - commutable from Sidmouth, Exmouth, Torquay, Tiverton and surrounding areas.…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
3 weeks ago Apply now

Mechanical Design Engineer

Exeter

£40000/annum Pension, Life Assurance, Hybrid Working Polic

Mechanical Design Engineer The Opportunity: Working within the existing design team of this quality British designed and manufactured product, the…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
4 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Exeter: the numbers

  • 40 live design engineer roles in Exeter right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Exeter: £75,000; the middle half of adverts pay £75,000 to £79,500 (from 14 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Stantec (6), Arcadis (4), Carrington West (3), Ernest Gordon Recruitment (3), Kier Group (3).
  • 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 South West

£34,000 – £75,000 (indicative · midpoint £40,000)

How this figure was built. Based on 5 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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