MAKE Engineering is a small and nimble engineering consultancy based in North London. Everyone at MAKE prides themselves on working at a fast pace and to a high standard and as a company we’ve had success in multiple industries following this mantra.

As a company, we create an environment that allows us to be innovative and partnering with ambitious brands to solve their problems.

Following some big project wins, we’re looking to grow our team with a new Mechanical Engineer so that we can keep delivering top quality work.

Job Description:

• Degree level education in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design or a similar field. (MEng, BEng or HND are all accepted)
• 3-5 years experience post-university
• Passion for outstanding design
• Keen eye for detail
• Ability to interpret and decipher client requirements
• Proficiency in 3D design software. We use Solidworks, but this is not a hard requirement.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a flexible and nimble team, taking responsibility for multiple discrete tasks simultaneously.

Ideal candidate qualities:

• Experience designing mechanisms
• Experience designing sealed systems for at least IPx6 rating
• FEA experience
• Machining and fabrication experience / understanding

This process:

• Renumeration package of £40,000 – £45,000 (DOE) per year.
• 30 days holiday plus public holidays
• Continual training and development opportunities
• Opportunity to work with some titans of their respective industries

Location:

Our offices are located in Highbury (N5 1XL), but we also support clients directly on their own sites as needed.

Any travel further than 15 miles of our offices will be supported directly by MAKE.

Here at MAKE Engineering, we thrive on the challenge of translating ambitious product visions into tangible realities.
When SharkNinja approached MAKE Engineering with the idea for what would become the Ninja Luxe Espresso Machine, the brief was both simple and ambitious: How can we leverage technology to create a home espresso system that can give anyone a barista-level drink?

Our role was to develop the early design concepts and build verification prototypes to prove out the critical technologies. Below is a behind-the-scenes look at how those innovations came together.

Load Cell Integration

Consistency starts with the coffee dose. MAKE Engineering started from the basics and developed a way to integrate a load cell directly beneath the portafilter cradle, enabling the machine to weigh grounds in real time as they drop from the conical burr grinder.

In our prototypes, we validated that this system could deliver repeatable dosing across different bean types, roast levels, and grind settings. It was a small piece of engineering that had a big impact: ensuring users always start with a precise dose, without ever needing a separate scale.

Automating Espresso Prep – Grind iQ

Once you know the dose weight, we could design a feedback system that guides users without overwhelming them. The result was the Grind iQ concept, where software and hardware works together to “learn” from early extractions and nudge the user toward the right grind size.

MAKE Engineering built early verification rigs to prove that Grind iQ could reliably correlate grind size, flow rates and extraction. We built a computational model which could then fit known data points from the user and predict the best settings to use, without the user having to do anything.

This feature transformed the machine from a tool into a coach, bridging the gap between beginner and barista.

Milk Made Simple: Automatic Frothing

Prop micro foam is the dividing line between a coffee machine and a café experience. We collaborated on the design of a hands-free frothing system that offered four distinct modes. We paid special attention to aeration profiles across different milks, ensuring the system could handle both dairy and the ever more popular plant-based alternatives.

To top it off, we developed an auto-purge detection, reducing steam wands becoming blocked over time, a key user issue!

User Touch points

While much of our work focused on core technologies, we never lost sight of the user experience (UX). Touch points were constantly challenged and iterated on. We created countless prototypes and ran many user trials, right from the start of the project, ensuring that the product wouldn’t just perform well—it would feel great to use every day.

From Vision to Reality

Our early design and prototyping work on this project laid the foundation for a product that is now delighting coffee lovers around the world and it is a real pleasure to see all the positive reviews (our favourite is from James Hoffman).

At MAKE Engineering, that’s what excites us most – helping brew bold ideas into reality.

Lacking a complete 3D model of their new product, they approached MAKE Engineering to create one from scratch. The result? A strikingly accurate 3D model tailored for their signature animation style.

Studio Underd0g provided a physical sample, which we reverse engineered using our detail orientated approach and leveraging our experience in metrology.

We then teamed up with motion graphics studio Jonty Motion to bring the renders to life—and they absolutely knocked it out of the park. Check out the full delivery here.

The payoff? Project Passion sold out in record time for the company and got the horology world talking about their styling.

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In a world inundated with information and competing ideas, clarity is power.

Working with MAKE provides you with a clear and direct pathway to transform your vision into a tangible reality. Whether you’re sketching the first lines of your project on a piece of paper or navigating through challenges in the development process, we’re ready to join the design journey and ensure it runs seamlessly.

Our commitment to your success is reflected in how we add value to your process; from the initial spark of inspiration to the final touches that perfect your product. Our process is comprehensive, covering every step of your project. We join our clients on a dive deep of exploration, mapping out markets, and identifying prime opportunities for innovation.

As we hone in on the details, we marry aesthetics, functionality and user experience, guided by research and iterative feedback. Our creations are tested against the highest benchmarks of quality and user satisfaction. Through expert analysis and user feedback, we refine our designs until they exceed expectations.

This meticulous approach ensures that when ideas materialise, they’re not just ready to enter the market, they’re set to redefine it.

As we unveil our new website, we extend an invitation to you: Let’s MAKE something!