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Product Development Engineer
Oxford Instruments
Bristol, GBR
Mid
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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Key Responsibilities:
- Product Engineering Issues on Released Platforms: Provide technical assistance and support to ensure:
- Selective engineering problems relating to design and or issues identified by customers are investigated in a thorough manner.
- Identification of root causes. Follow the PT problem solving methodology or 8D RCA investigation tools where necessary.
- Collation of evidence and reporting is concise and traceable.
- Use appropriate and or initiate new build documentation to support the assembly and test plans.
- Capable of interrogating BOM’s, ECO’s and DP’s effectively.
- Product Improvements and Product Correction Validation: Provide technical assistance and support on product improvements and product corrections being implemented to ensure:
- From information provided by the design team, implement improvements to current released products including, control systems, plumbing, pneumatics and mechanical elements.
- Test documentation is developed to ensure product improvements are fully tested to ensure performance is appropriate and will meet customer expectations.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to production engineering and test department following any product improvement validation activities or outcomes from the product development team.
- Support corrective action requests, typically FRN (fault reports) and DP’s Deviation permits.
- Provide feedback to the design team as to the suitability and robustness of solutions, with particular attention to DFM, DFA and DFS is required.
- Products are manufactured and tested to the standards as set out in our documentation.
- Support the Manufacturing engineering team to keep documentation (SOP, Instructions) up to date.
- Quality – Ensure quality is at the forefront of all your activities and ensure;
- Monitor, report and optimise product quality
- Upon assignment, Quality Notifications and customer feedback/faults on commissioning relating to product improvements, react in a timely and efficient manner.
- Education / Qualifications:
- HND or higher (Mechanical, Electrical & Electronic disciplines).
- Professional Skills/ Abilities:
- Substantial experience in electro-mechanical systems production engineering environment - preferably small batch, high technology system integration, ideally with machining/fabs.
- Experience in a fast-paced operations environment.
- Commercial awareness.
- Knowledge of Design validation methodologies, such as Design for Manufacture, Design for Assembly and Design for Service.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Recent and practical experience of mechanical and electrical assembly.
- At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we provide tools for the engineering of micro- and nano-structures, with customers using our process solutions to research and produce materials and semiconductors vital for everything from medical devices and diagnostics, to electric cars and quantum computers.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave + half-day Fridays
- Private healthcare
- Share incentive plan
- Pension scheme
- Flexible benefits tailored to your needs
- Structured career development opportunities
- A collaborative environment with excellent work-life balance
- #LI-AC1
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and would ask you to get in touch if you are concerned about any barriers you feel you may be facing in your application process with us.
- Note to recruitment agencies: Oxford Instruments operates a Preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency CVs. Please do not forward candidate details in response to this advert, or to any Oxford Instruments employees or other company locations. Oxford Instruments is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.
About Oxford Instruments
Manufacturing1,001-5,000Founded 1959
Oxford Instruments is a UK-listed scientific-instrument manufacturer that designs tools and systems for high-technology industry and research, enabling imaging, analysis, and fabrication of materials at the atomic and molecular level.
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