AddressRole title: Senior Product Development Engineer
Function: Opto-Electromechanical Systems
Team:NPD - Accessories & Sample Preparation
Reports to: New Product Development Lead
Direct reports: None
Peers: Product Development Engineers, NPD Leads, EPD Lead, Product & innovation mgmt. leads, Process/Production engineers, Procurement, Customer Support, Quality & third-party partners.
Key stakeholders:
Internals: Product & innovation mgmt., Marketing, Quality & Operations.
Externals: Key customers, End user customers, OEM representatives, and dealers.
About this role
An amazing opportunity to be part of Specac innovation team that manages the full innovation & product lifecycle. This team is at forefront of defining the present & the future of the business, to deliver exponential organic growth in line with our aggressive growth plan.
This role of Senior Product Development Engineer is a critical role within Accessories and Sample Preparation NPD team to operate as internal expert and subject matter expert and lead projects end-to-end in discovering, designing, developing & delivering innovation solution and products.
Key Responsibilities:
· SAFETY FIRST - ensure that you and your team members are not injured at work and report any hazard promptly following the company guidelines.
· Lead the multi-disciplinary design, development & testing of Spectroscopy Accessories and Sample preparation NPD projects and support NPI process to get products to market efficiently.
· Work on Innovation projects as technical and subject matter expert and help successful delivery of technology solutions, and IP’s.
· Develop expertise in optical coatings, process engineering and advanced manufacturing methods.
· Provide optical coating and process expertise across the Innovation team to both NPD (New Product Development) and EPD (Existing Products Development/Current products) teams.
· Lead projects in structured fashion through 6D stage gate development process.
· Provide leadership and coaching to junior team members.
· Ensure products are designed to meet all requirements, e.g. performance, reliability, time to market, compliance and cost.
· Lead product qualification and verification along with the compliance and testing lead and design and execute DOE’s as and when required.
· Produce and maintain all product documentation to relevant internal and external standards, to enable efficient transfer to manufacture & EPD team.
· Provide guidance and internal consultancy to rest of the innovation team on field Opto-mechanical-electronics system design and manufacturing process.
· Provide Project management support as and when required.
· Commercial awareness and experience in managing design & manufacturing trade-offs.
Key Skills:
· Minimum Master’s Degree in Optical Engineering, Electronics, Physics, mechatronics or a related technical discipline.
· Good understanding a few and command on at least one of the following areas MOEMS, MEMS & Microfluidics.
· Hands on experience in product & process development.
· Expert on or good understanding of various manufacturing methods & techniques for high precision optical parts and coatings and methods.
· Proficiency in one or more of the following simulation software packages; Zemax, CodeV Solidworks, Sigfit, & etc.
· Expert knowledge & hands on work experience in SolidWorks FEM/FEA is added advantage.
· Hands on experience of Electronics Design and Firmware development is added advantage.
· Project Management experience is advantageous.
· Excellent Verbal & technical writing skills
Other requirements
· Flexibility to travel occasionally in UK or abroad as per business needs.
· The right to work and live in the UK without company sponsorship.
· Valid Driving Licence
· Consumer/Customer & safety-first mindset and approach.
· Excellent organisational and communication skills and establishing good working relationship with cross functional teams.
· Quality driven flexible, pro-active, and methodical approach to tasks.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Orpington, BR5 3FQ: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
