Goliath

Designs and licenses wind turbine tech

Junior Product Developer - R&D

ProductPosted on Nov 10

Full-timeGuildford, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

The candidate should have 1–2 years of industry experience, ideally in toys or fast-moving consumer goods.
The candidate should have strong project management skills and be able to manage schedules across multiple projects while attending to detail.
The candidate should have hands-on manufacturing and design-for-manufacture experience, with a strong understanding of current techniques, materials, software, and processes.
The candidate should have experience working with toys and an interest in how they work and look.
The candidate should be able to solve problems creatively, show initiative, and pursue continuous improvement.
The candidate should listen to others, understand differing views and objectives, and communicate clearly across a geographically distributed team.
The candidate should be self-motivated and interested in developing their skills, knowledge, and experience.

Responsibilities

Translate designers’ concepts into manufacturable products by determining materials, processes, and parts.
Build working prototypes to validate concepts and test their durability.
Create and maintain Bills of Materials for quotations and final costings.
Analyze product costs, confirm product content, and identify value-engineering opportunities without compromising the product experience.
Collaborate with the Design Team and provide input on early concepts to ensure they can be manufactured.
Help negotiate product costs, samples, and tooling investment.
Work with Product Integrity and Quality Assurance to ensure toys are safe, legal, and ready for use.
Coordinate with external agencies for samples, prototypes, and design services as needed.
Support prototype and tooling pattern development through sign-off.
Travel internationally and attend off-site meetings occasionally.

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with Far East offices and vendors.
Knowledge of CAD software such as SolidWorks or Fusion 360.
A degree in product design or equivalent; hands-on experience is also considered.

Junior Product Developer

Goliath · Guildford, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-10

Workplace: hybrid

Department: R&D

Description

Goliath is a privately owned, global hard hitter in toys and games, with 12 subsidiaries around the world bringing our products to families everywhere.

We are looking for a Junior Product Developer to help turn brilliant toy ideas into real products that kids can’t put down. You’ll be the bridge between our designers’ wildest sketches and the factories that make them: figuring out how things are built, what they cost and how to make them even better. Working with a vibrant crew of internal and external partners, including our US, Dutch and Hong Kong offices, you’ll follow toys from the very first prototype all the way to the finished product on shelf.

We’re entrepreneurial, fast-moving and market-driven, so you’ll need to be organised, proactive and as happy working independently as you are as part of a team, even when things get busy. Ready for the next step in your career?

Requirements

You will

- Take a designer’s concept and work out how to make it real: materials, processes, parts and all

- Build working prototypes to prove a concept works (and see if it survives testing!)

- Create and maintain Bills of Materials, the recipe for every toy, which our Far East team uses for quotes and final costings

- Dig into product costs to confirm content and find clever value-engineering wins without losing any of the fun

- Work hand in hand with the Design Team, sharing your input on early concepts so great ideas are also makeable ones

- Help negotiate competitive product costs, samples and tooling investment

- Partner with Product Integrity and Quality Assurance to make sure every toy is safe, legal and ready for little hands

- Team up with external agencies for samples, prototypes and other design services when needed

- Support prototype and tooling pattern development, right through to sign-off

- Pack your bags for occasional international travel and off-site meetings

What you bring

- 1–2 years of industry experience, ideally in toys or FMCG

- Strong project management skills: you can juggle schedules across multiple projects at once and still spot the tiny detail everyone else missed

- Hands-on experience of manufacturing and design for manufacture, with a strong understanding of current techniques, materials, software and processes

- A true toy lover: you’re as curious about how a toy works as how it looks

- A creative problem solver with initiative and a drive to keep improving

- A team player who listens, understands other people’s views and objectives, and communicates clearly, which is essential when your team spans several countries

- An outgoing, open and energetic personality with a good sense of humour

- Self-motivation and a hunger to keep growing your skills, knowledge and experience

Nice to have

- Experience working with Far East offices and vendors

- Good knowledge of CAD software (SolidWorks/Fusion 360)

- A degree in product design or equivalent, though hands-on experience counts just as much

Benefits

- Opportunity to work on fast-paced, high-performing international brands

- Collaborate with teams across a multinational business

- Freedom to make your mark on the brands and projects you work on

- A fun, dynamic working environment with experienced and driven colleagues

- Work on the most fun products you can imagine, lots of variety, and no two days are the same

- Opportunities for international travel

- Competitive salary and company pension scheme

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About the Company

Goliath

Designs and licenses wind turbine tech

Goliath Wind OÜ develops wind turbine technology around the Capella 3, a 3MW gearless direct-drive turbine using a patented Cyclos ring generator. The turbine simplifies the conversion mechanism, reduces weight and cost by about half compared with geared turbines, and uses a modular design that allows components to be shipped in standard containers. The company differentiates itself through a licensing and manufacturing partnership model, including a €100 million joint venture with Steelite Engineering to produce Capella 3 turbines in India for the Asian market. Its goal is to commercialize Capella 3 through licensing and partnerships and to expand into high-growth regions, though public records suggest financial distress and possible cessation of operations by early 2023.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Tallinn, Estonia
Founded: 2008

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