Mechatronics Engineer / Senior Mechatronics Engineer

Mechatronics Engineer / Senior Mechatronics Engineer
Salary: £42,840 or £53,818 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Open Ended.
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire
_ Come and do the kind of engineering that made you want to be an engineer. Stretch your technical skills while enabling the advancement of humanities understanding of materials. Promote sustainability and create new materials and, alongside world-leading scientists and technologists, shape projects that improve lives, in the UK and far beyond. Put simply, come and discover the impact you can make when you are equipped, encouraged and inspired to perform to your very best. _
As part of the ISIS Design Division, the Mechatronics team specify, design, and deliver moving equipment and systems to meet the requirements of our scientists. This involves the application of a broad range of engineering expertise including mechanical, electrical, safety, and control in collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and project design and operational teams.
These systems are broad in scope from miniature stepper driven linear axes to complex synchronised servo systems, pneumatically driven stages, and industrial robots. They typically require high levels of precision and repeatability, in challenging environments - whether that's vacuum, magnetic fields, or radiation, and often have access requirements that are challenging for functional safety.
We have both Mechatronics Engineer and Senior Mechatronics Engineer positions available in the team.
Person Specification
Mechatronics Engineer
MEng, MSc, BEng degree or equivalent in a highly relevant engineering discipline or an HNC/HND with extensive additional project work experience
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of applying at least one relevant area of engineering (mechanical, electrical, safety, control etc.) on machine/mechatronics designs.
Good interpersonal skills and experience in working in multi-disciplinary project teams.
Senior Mechatronics Engineer (in addition to the above)
Demonstrable and extensive knowledge and experience of applying two or more relevant areas of engineering (mechanical, electrical, safety, control etc.) on mechatronics projects and an expert in at least one area.
Experience of either directly or indirectly managing staff, giving technical supervision or mentoring of junior engineers.
Please note:
Training in our specific CAD/PLC packages will be provided (Solid Edge + Teamcenter, AutoCAD Electrical + Vault, TwinCAT 3 etc.
What we offer
We are offering a whole host of benefits including:
30 days holiday FTE (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days)
flexible working hours
an excellent defined average salary pension scheme
employee shopping/travel discounts
excellent learning and development opportunities
Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!
UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.
How to apply:
For full details on the role, please visit our careers site. Please submit an application including your CV and a Cover Letter that clearly showcases how your skills and experience align to the requirements of the role.
Closing Date: 28th January 2024
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £53,818.00 per year
Work Location: In person