Technical Systems & Applications Engineer​/Scientist

Technical Systems & Applications Engineer / Scientist

Location: Dorchester, Dorset, UK

Job type: Full-time, permanent

Reporting to: Principal Development Engineer

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

We are looking for a Technical Systems & Applications Engineer / Scientist to join our Software & Systems team, working closely with our Principal Development Engineer and colleagues across the business.

Working between customers, engineering, sales, documentation, support, and delivery, you will help technical information flow clearly between customers and internal teams. This includes turning customer requirements into clear technical information, proposals, documentation, and well‑coordinated project activity.

The position is broader than a traditional applications engineer role. It combines technical understanding, customer communication, documentation, and coordination, including support for system testing, demonstrations, handovers, and improvements to the way technical work is organised across the team.

No prior ultrasound experience required

What matters most is that you can learn technical concepts quickly, communicate clearly, stay organised, and work effectively with both customers and engineering colleagues.

Over time, this role offers the opportunity to build deep product and applications knowledge, become a trusted technical point of contact, and help shape how we support customers and deliver complex systems.

• Company pension scheme
• Health insurance cash plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Patent reward scheme recognising technical innovation
• Opportunity to work on specialist technology used by customers worldwide
• Varied role within a small, supportive technical team
• Opportunity to shape the role around your strengths and interests
• Exposure to multidisciplinary systems combining mechanics, electronics, software, measurement science, and customer applications

Precision Acoustics designs and manufactures specialist ultrasound measurement and characterisation systems used by research, medical, and industrial customers worldwide.

Our systems combine precision mechanics, ultrasound measurement hardware, signal processing, motion control, and bespoke software. We are a technically and scientifically driven business working in a specialist field where clear communication, practical problem solving, and attention to detail are essential.

You will:

• Manage customer enquiries and technical support issues, acting as a clear point of contact while drawing on support from the wider team where needed.
• Support the sales process by maintaining accurate records of enquiries, quotations, opportunities, and customer communications.
• Produce clear technical documentation and customer-facing material, including proposals, quotation content, application notes, manuals, specifications, test records, and compliance documents.
• Support system setup, testing, validation, troubleshooting, demonstrations, and project handovers where required.
• Help improve project coordination, internal processes, templates, documentation quality, and knowledge sharing across the Software & Systems team.
• Build your knowledge of ultrasound measurement, scientific instrumentation, and our systems, with support from experienced colleagues, so you can grow into the role and contribute more deeply over time.

In your first year, you'll develop a strong understanding of our products, customers, and applications while becoming a key point of coordination between customers and the Software & Systems team.

By the end of your first year, you will typically be:

Managing customer enquiries and application discussions with confidence

• Preparing high-quality proposals, quotations, and technical documentation
• Acting as an effective link between customers and engineering teams
• Supporting successful system testing, delivery, and handover activities
  
  Developing a strong understanding of our systems and applications while helping improve project organisation and knowledge sharing

This role may be a good fit for you if you come from an engineering,…