Engineer​/Senior Engineer - Friction Welding & Processing

Engineer / Senior Engineer – Friction Welding & Processing

Location: Cambridge

Contract: Permanent

Office/Hybrid: On-Site

Hours: Full time

Job Profile: Engineer or Senior Engineer (Dependent on experience)

Are you passionate about advanced manufacturing, materials engineering and innovative joining technologies? TWI is seeking an Engineer or Senior Engineer to join our Friction Welding & Processing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of industrial research, development and consultancy projects supporting customers across aerospace, defence, energy, manufacturing and transportation sectors. Working alongside internationally recognised experts, you will contribute to the development of cutting‑edge welding and processing technologies while helping clients solve complex engineering challenges.

• Delivering industrial research, development and consultancy projects.
• Designing and executing experimental programmes relating to friction welding and solid state joining technologies.
• Analysing technical data and producing high quality reports and recommendations.
• Supporting client enquiries and developing innovative engineering solutions.
• Contributing to commercially funded and collaborative research programmes.
• Building strong relationships with industrial clients and research partners.
• Supporting proposal development and new business opportunities.

• You will have a degree, MSc or PhD in Materials Engineering, Welding Engineering, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline and experience working within engineering, manufacturing, research or technology environments.
• Experience in friction welding, friction stir welding, solid state joining technologies or related manufacturing processes would be highly advantageous.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and clients.
• A passion for innovation and engineering excellence.

For further details, please follow the Job Description link below:

Travel:
This position may require regular travel in the UK.

TWI Ltd is a world expert in engineering, materials and joining technologies with significant property assets. We provide industry with advice and know-how in design, fabrication, failure analysis and prevention. We offer opportunities to collaborate with inspiring and expert teams and a supportive environment in which you are actively encouraged to share your ideas and continually develop your own skills and knowledge.

TWI Ltd is committed to treating all employees fairly and to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to create a work environment where our employees can reach their full potential. We put Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of our people practices to attract, develop and retain the best talent.

Inclusion:
We recognise that it’s the differences of our people that gives us our competitive edge and enables us to maintain our world leading reputation. This is why we are committed to ensuring there is diversity across every level of our organisation; representative of the Members and societies we serve. We have made Inclusion our number one corporate value to demonstrate our commitment to ensure it is at the core of everything we do at TWI.

Disability Confident Scheme:
We are pleased to confirm that we have achieved the first stage accreditation, which means we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’. This is a government‑supported scheme that supports organisations like TWI to make the most of the talents that people with disability can bring to our workplace. The scheme helps us recruit and retain great people; draw from the widest…