Hands-On Prototype Lab Lead for Hardware Innovation

Ripple; Yateley; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ripple is seeking a hands-on Prototype & Development Lab Manager to lead its engineering prototype lab and workshop, turning engineers' designs into working hardware and shaping how a small, expanding team works.

You will build prototype products, plan builds, lead technicians and apprentices, source components, manage suppliers, and ensure change control and handover to manufacturing. This site-based role offers career development within a growing technology company.

Qualifications

• Experience in a prototype, R&D lab, development workshop or similar engineering environment.
• Strong practical skills in electrical wiring, soldering, cable assembly and electro-mechanical integration
• Comfortable reading schematics, wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings
• Experience leading technical staff and managing suppliers or procurement
• An engineering apprenticeship, HNC/HND, degree or equivalent practical experience
• A curious, inventive mindset. You enjoy solving build problems and trying new approaches

Responsabilités

• Building prototype products, cable assemblies, wiring looms and harnesses from drawings and schematics, and getting stuck in yourself
• Planning and coordinating prototype builds, typically small runs of tens of units, against project milestones
• Leading, developing and supporting a small team of technicians and apprentices
• Sourcing and buying prototype components, materials, tooling and specialist services, and managing suppliers and subcontractors
• Managing prototype bills of materials and component availability
• Supporting change control, quality and the handover of new products into manufacturing
• Keeping the lab safe, organised and well equipped, and constantly finding better ways of working

Connaissances

Electrical wiring

Soldering

Cable assembly

Electro-mechanical integration

Reading schematics

Team leadership

Procurement management

Project coordination

Formation

Engineering apprenticeship

HNC/HND

Degree or equivalent practical experience

Outils

IPC certification

CAD

3D printing

Rapid prototyping

Measurement tools

Description du poste

Ripple is seeking a hands-on Prototype & Development Lab Manager to lead its engineering prototype lab and workshop, turning engineers' designs into working hardware and shaping how a small, expanding team works.

You will build prototype products, plan builds, lead technicians and apprentices, source components, manage suppliers, and ensure change control and handover to manufacturing. This site-based role offers career development within a growing technology company.