Product Development Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-14
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Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer, Materials Engineering, Process Engineer, Quality Engineering -
Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Materials Engineering, Quality Engineering
Overview
Morgan Advanced Materials
is a world leader in advanced materials science and engineering of ceramics, carbon and composites. We operate in a series of well-defined markets where our applications expertise offers our customers a valuable differentiator, engineering high-specification materials, components and sub-assembly parts that solve their challenging technical problems.
The
Technical Ceramics
business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.
The business employs advanced materials science and applications expertise to produce parts that enhance reliability or improve the performance of its customers’ products. Much of what the global business unit makes is used in demanding, harsh or critical environments. Our Technical Ceramics business works in selected segments of the electronics, energy, healthcare, industrial, petrochemicals, security and transport markets, typically in close collaborative customer relationships.
Group Key Figures:Revenue £950m (2021), ~7,500 employees, manufacturing in 30+ countries, and customers in 100+ countries. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange;
Member of the FTSE 250 Index.
Job Purpose:
The Product Development Engineer role is a position reporting directly to the Commercial Director, with responsibility to develop, implement, and manage advanced manufacturing processes, methods, and equipment designed to ensure continuous production of advanced materials and components that exceed our customers’ expectations. The Product Development Engineer applies an understanding of customer needs and internal technology capabilities to recommend, design, develop, and implement products and/or processes aligned to customer/market needs and business strategy.
The Product Development Engineer leads and contributes to programs providing solutions valued by customers and driving profitable growth. Work may include research, application development, material enhancements, process improvement, and/or cost-out initiatives. The role is an exciting opportunity to join a global, dynamic, high-tech team, supporting the cutting-edge semiconductor and optics industries. Morgan Advanced Materials is an industry leader in development and manufacture of high temperature, ultra-pure ceramic materials manufactured through Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processes.
Primary products are developed using advanced machining as well as CVD processes utilizing Silicon Carbide (SiC). CVD-SiC is used in a variety of high-tech applications including semiconductor production and optical manufacturing.
Essential Functions:
- Management of product development projects:
- Responsible for Design Plan that meets customer specifications and/or requirements. The design plan includes the following:
- Product design specifications (drawings, item masters)
- Process specifications (BOM, routing, methods, fixtures, equipment)
- Inspection specifications (inspection criteria, methodology, inspection levels)
- Responsible for material procurement used in project. Confers with vendors, suppliers and purchasing to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, components and fixturing, among others.
- Assures purchased, transferred or manufactured components conform to specified quality standards.
- Responsible for product assembly and processing of associated components
- Responsible for Design Verification – Verify that the necessary tests and inspections are performed to assure parts meet Design Plan criteria. This includes first article inspections, applicable certificates of compliance/analysis/chemistry/physical properties, FMEA, control plan, initial product costing standards among others.
- Responsible for product transfer to production which may include NPI check sheet, operator training, among others.
- Confers with management, process engineering, quality engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules and other considerations to facilitate production…
- Responsible for Design Plan that meets customer specifications and/or requirements. The design plan includes the following:
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