Graduate Design Engineer (New Product Innovation)
About the role
As a Graduate Design Engineer in NPI, you will be part of a large team responsible for imagining what Dyson should create next. Working at the front end of innovation, you will help uncover unmet consumer problems, challenge convention, explore emerging technologies and turn bold, brave ideas into breakthrough product concepts that could shape the future of Dyson.
This role is designed to develop the next generation of Dyson innovators through a structured rotational programme. Over two years, you will complete four 6-month rotations across different NPI teams and categories, gaining experience in invention, concept generation, rapid prototyping, experimentation and early-stage product development before progressing into a long-term career within the function.
As a Graduate Design Engineer in NPI, you will:
Generate and develop bold product concepts, features and technology ideas that challenge what consumers expect from Dyson categories.
Use consumer insight, market signals and technology opportunities to spot problems worth solving and inspire future invention.
Work alongside experienced engineers, designers and technical specialists to create novel solutions to difficult, ambiguous and high-value problems.
Identify unmet consumer needs and emerging opportunities that could unlock the next generation of Dyson products.
Build functional, physical and digital prototypes that make ideas tangible, testable and real.
Explore concepts through experimentation, testing, iteration and fast learning - proving, improving or killing ideas with pace.
Bring fresh thinking, curiosity and creative energy to ideation workshops, innovation sprints and concept reviews.
Build visual, physical and digital representations of ideas to communicate concepts effectively.
Present concepts, evidence and learnings to senior stakeholders, helping shape which opportunities Dyson should pursue next.
Develop the technical, creative and commercial judgement needed to turn brave ideas into credible future product opportunities.
Rotate across four different NPI teams over a 24-month programme, building a broad understanding of how Dyson creates, tests and develops breakthrough ideas across multiple product categories.
About you
Have, or be on track to achieve, a degree in Engineering, Product Design, Innovation, Design Engineering, Science or a related discipline.
Be naturally curious about technology, consumers, behaviour and what products could become next.
Enjoy generating ideas, challenging assumptions and exploring multiple routes through complex problems.
Combine creativity with strong analytical thinking, engineering judgement and a bias for making ideas real.
Be comfortable prototyping, experimenting, failing fast and learning through iteration.
Have the confidence to share brave ideas, ask sharp questions and contribute actively to collaborative innovation activities.
Be adaptable, resilient and excited by the opportunity to work across different teams, categories and stages of invention.
Have a passion for invention, engineering and creating products that challenge convention and make everyday problems better.
Aspire to build a long-term career within Dyson's NPI function.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.