NPI Test Engineer

Job Title: NPI Test Engineer
Location: WMFTS UK - UK - Cardrew Industrial Estate
Location Type: On-Site
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE
100 and FTSE4

Good multi-national industrial engineering Groupwith expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

We are seeking a talented and motivated NPI Test Engineer to join our dynamic team.

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Test Engineer to contribute to our growing success. The New Product Innovation (NPI) Engineering Teams design and develop new peristaltic pumps and fluid path solutions for Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. All the solutions require a variety of testing, from exploratory R&D tests to compliance and international standards tests on prototypes throughto pre-production test samples. The Test Hub at our Cardrew Innovation Centrehas a substantial range of test capabilities to support the NPI Engineering Teamand wider business.

This role will support many of the test hub tasks,including specifying, preparing, conducting and reporting on test programs, aswell as supporting equipment maintenance and calibration. This role will alsoinvolve designing and developing novel test methods and apparatus. The varietyof testing procedures ensures that the role is exciting and continuallyprogressing toward better solutions. The NPI Test Team works closely with theNPI Project Teams to contribute to the overall NPI outputs.

Key accountabilities include:

• You will lead Test Programs by following the Test Process, including writing test specifications, completing preparation tasks, executing test plans and writing reports.
• You will manage your own time and ensure the timely completion of test programs.
• You will configure experimental apparatus, pumps and fluid path solutions within the safe working limits.
• You will collect and store data in a controlled and secure manner, and analyse complex data sets to communicate the results in clear, understandable formats.
• You will support lab maintenance tasks, such as maintaining high water quality standards.
• You will calibrate analogue and digital transducers following traceable procedures.
• You will safely utilise metrological instruments (e.g. vernier callipers, micrometres) and hand tools (e.g. spanners).
• You will operate specialist test rigs to study specific parameters, such as torque or hydrostatic pressure (training provided).
• You will design and build custom experiment setups and test procedures.
• You will ensure compliance with all WM policies, including 6S policy, OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety policy, ISO 9001 Management policy and ISO 14001 Environmental policy.
• You will use computers daily for communication, record keeping and data acquisition.
• You will develop and enhance the Test Hub to help develop a Fluid-Mechanics Centre of Excellence.
• You will continuously develop your professional skills with support your WM and the NPI Test Manager.

Essential

• Engineering and/or scientific experience
• Practical, hands-on engineering skills
• Higher Education Level 4 in Engineering, Science and/or Maths
• Sufficient MS Office experience tooperate swiftly

Desirable

• Experience in an engineering job role, preferably in a product testing environment
• Significant practical engineering experience, preferably mechanical or electrical
• Higher Education Level 5 or greaterin Engineering, Science and/or Maths
• Engineering software skills (data acquisition, data analysis, CAD, CAM)

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve theirfull potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything elsethat makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so wehave introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone…