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- 1 location, Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction, Hybrid, Senior, Full time
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- 17 active jobs
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- English
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What is the job?
We are looking for an experienced, positive minded and goal driven Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with over 10 year experience to join our Engineering Team. To work in a multidisciplinary team to design products and ensure they go through the development cycle into production in a timely manner and with all the information required for continue manufacturability.
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am – 4.30 pm (Hybrid working available upon successful onboarding)
Department: Engineering
Interview process: 2 stage process following shortlisting – First stage: 60-minute Teams interview; Second stage: Onsite 3-hour interview
What we would like you to do/ to see…
· Design products from conception to production release leading all activities of the design cycle
· To develop, assemble, test and evaluate theoretical designs following concurrence engineering approach
· Produce detailed specifications of the product from data analysis gathered from testing
· Brainstorm, discuss and review technical challenges with team members, sub-contractors, suppliers and manufacturing departments to find root cause and resolution to the problems
· Ensure Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) is implemented in the design
· Ensure Design for Compliance is implemented in the design
· To make sure a product can be made reliably and will perform consistently in specified operating conditions
· Planning and overseeing the product development and ensure deadlines are met
· Working collaboratively with production to ensure complete knowledge transfer of products
· Support the more junior members of the team during peer reviews and problem solving
· Support cross-training of the entire team by sharing job knowledge
Who we are?
Thorlabs is a global, industry leading optical technologies company. We are experts in the design and manufacture or a range of innovative photonics products. We use these products in manufacturing and research, from fibre optics to piezo motors. We are the gold standard with optics laboratories worldwide. There are now 22 facilities across the world in 9 countries. Here in Ely, we are responsible for the Motion Control and Optical Tables product line.
Where you will be working?
It’s a hybrid role, working in our new purpose-built facility in Witchford, Ely as well as your home. Our purpose-built facility is just 12 miles from Cambridge, within the beautiful mediaeval city of Ely. There are train and bus links to Ely from Kings Cross and Liverpool Street London, and our site is within distance of Ely train station and Ely Bus station.