Assembly Technician ERS (Energy Recovery Systems)

Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Red Bull Powertrains as an ERS Assembly Technician, where you'll be a key player in the assembly of innovative electronic systems for championship-winning cars. This role demands high technical understanding and offers great benefits like a bonus scheme, health care, and job satisfaction from contributing to a leading edge in motorsport engineering.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Private health care cover

Life assurance scheme

Workplace nursery scheme

Company contributed pension scheme

On site gym & fitness classes

Free daily food allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Competent in electronic system assembly, servicing and maintenance.
• Aware of electrostatic sensitive devices and ESD protocols.
• Excellent in interpreting technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Support electronic system assembly for power unit builds.
• Ensure operations follow ESD compliance and clean room processes.
• Communicate quality issues related to assembly.

Skills

Electronics assembly competence

Solder skills

Technical drawing interpretation

Microsoft Word/Excel

Education

IPC certification

Job description

Red Bull Powertrains have an exciting opportunity to be a part of our expanding Power Unit engineering team. Our open, dynamic environment ensures that everyone can make a valuable contribution and we are looking for Electronic Assembly Technicians to help deliver World Championship winning cars year on year.

Based from our Milton Keynes campus you will be responsible for supporting the operation of Assembly Group covering all aspects of electronic system assembly as part of the power unit build, service and maintenance within the Energy Recovery System. You will meet the highest standards in all areas of quality, commitment, and conduct.

Knowledge and Experience required for our ERS (Energy Recovery System) Assembly Technician role:

• Cover all aspects of electronic system assembly, servicing, and maintenance within the Energy recovery system assembly department at the factory as requested by the relevant Build Team Leaders.
• Ensure all working activities strictly adhere to Red Bull Powertrains clean room processes
• Ensure all working activities are fully ESD compliant by following correct grounding controls and that appropriate tooling and equipment is always used.
• Prepare electronic units for development work, testing and trackside operations as per the daily build plans following the relevant control documentation and systems.
• Assist with other activities deemed appropriate by the relevant Build Team Leaders
• Manage all build specification, up revisions, and component lifing in accordance with Production Control and Technical Operations instructions.
• Communicate assembly and facility related quality issues to the appropriate key stakeholders ensuring faults/NCR’s are recorded via the internal business Faults System.

Key Attributes of the ERS (Energy Recovery System) Assembly Technician role:

• Demonstrate a high level of technical understanding and electronics assembly competence.
• Electrostatic sensitive device awareness and knowledge of safe handling of ESD components
• Competent Solder skills (ideally with IPC or equivalent certification)
• Ability to understand and interpret technical drawings and follow technical assembly processes and procedures including checklist data entry.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel to enable operation of internal business systems.

Not only is this a fantastic ERS (Energy Recovery System) Assembly Technician role, but it is also a fantastic team to work with here at Red Bull Powertrains. A good salary is just the start, there are many other benefits too such as our bonus scheme, private health care cover, life assurance scheme, workplace nursery scheme, company contributed pension scheme, on site gym & fitness classes, free daily food allowance, and a cycle to work scheme; but above all, the job satisfaction doesn’t get any better than the feeling of making a real contribution to our championship winning Grand Prix cars.