Senior Process Engineer

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Bicester, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the Senior Process Engineer is responsible for:

• Providing front line, “hands on” engineering support to resolve build and test issues raised or encountered by the production team.
• Ensuring the availability, consistency, optimal performance, and reliability of production assets such as calibration tables (thermal and ambient), thermal soak chambers, and final test jigs.
• Designing and building new assets, maintaining and developing existing assets.
• Documenting proactive maintenance routines and schedules, build and test work instructions, bill of materials, and component drawings.
• Supporting the introduction of new products into production.

• Day-to-day responsibility for OXTS production processes, including calibration.
• Participation in daily Operations meetings.
• Management and implementation of improvement projects to increase efficiency and integrate new technologies.
• Work in cross-functional teams to introduce new products into production, offering insights and expertise on manufacturability and process optimisation. Aid in the development of new products and update existing products.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and maintenance procedures for all production assets, including calibration tables, thermal chambers, and test jigs.
• Create, check, issue, and modify build and test work instructions.
• Create and maintain product bill of materials on 123
  
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• Prepare and amend component and assembly drawings.

• Conduct real-time investigation and resolution of production build and test issues where the process has not been achieved right first time.
• Ensure documented improvements are introduced, communicated, and technicians are trained following production problems to prevent reoccurrence.
• Keep Core Operations Manager informed of any quality issues that might affect past and current product deliveries.
• Responsible for production process improvements, product design improvement or replacement.

• Ensure the latest and most efficient jigs and tools are always available for the team.
• Design, purchase, and maintain equipment such as jigs and tools for use in Production.

• Provide training to suppliers as necessary.
• Visit suppliers as required.
• Work with the Purchasing team to assess and qualify new suppliers.

• Responsibility for all calibration procedures and maintenance.
• Completion of calibration quality control data.
• Ensure all test equipment in use is calibrated.
• Provide technical support for external audits, customer questions.

• Provide production support for new product launches, ensuring seamless integration into existing processes and/or creating new processes where appropriate.
• Provide support to and act as cover for the DFM Engineer; act as a representative for production on R&D projects, providing input on manufacturability, and process optimisation.
• Deputise for the Process Engineering Manager during planned and unplanned absence as agreed.
• Other duties as required.

• Strong hands-on engineering background, ideally within mechatronics, manufacturing, production or test engineering. (highly desirable)
• Experience with scripting or programming, particularly Python. (highly desirable)
• Experience troubleshooting production and test issues using structured root cause analysis methods such as 5 Whys, fishbone analysis and fault trees.
• Basic electronics and PCB fault-finding knowledge. (highly…