Installation Engineer

Quantum Design Oxford; Marcham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Half-day Fridays

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Group Pension Plan

Flexible benefits package

Career development

Job summary

Quantum Design Oxford is seeking an Installation & Service Engineer to install, service and repair our cryogenic instruments at customer sites across Europe, with some travel to the US. You will be the customer-facing representative, ensuring safe installation, proper operation, and timely reporting.

Training customers to operate the instruments will also be part of your role. The ideal candidate has a physics background with experience in cryogenics or QDO instruments and is comfortable with

Qualifications

• Experience with cryogenics preferred
• Hands-on engineering background in scientific instruments
• Willingness to travel internationally and on-call duty

Responsibilities

• Install, service and repair Quantum Design Oxford products at customer sites
• Represent the company to customers and plan site visits
• Complete site reports promptly and provide customer training as needed

Job description

Installation & Service Engineer

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Do you like to travel? Do you have an interest in working with cutting edge technology?

We are looking for an individual to join our Quantum Design Oxford (QDO) team as an Installation and Service Engineer. In this role you can expect to travel throughout Europe, with some visits to the US and other regions when required.

If you are a physicist who has experience of using Quantum Design or similar cryogenic instruments through your education or research and enjoy working in a hands-on role then we would love to hear from you.

The opportunity

As an Installation and Service Engineer you can expect to travel to customer sites, where you will be responsible for the installation, service and repair of QDO products. You will be our representative with the customer, ensuring site visits are suitably planned for, products are installed safely, correctly and working to the customer’s satisfaction. Site reports must be completed in a timely fashion. You will receive training on how our instruments work, so that you can monitor them effectively as well as providing training to the customer to ensure that they have full understanding of how they operate.

About You

Whether you are applying as an experienced field engineer or from an education/research environment, it is preferred that you will have prior experience of working with cryogenics, ideally QDO instruments and have a strong background in physics.

A love of travel is a must, with the flexibility for overnight stays during the week and some weekends away from home. We also operate a weekend on call service for our key customers, so a willingness to cover every 4 weeks is essential.

Benefits

• a competitive starting salary
• flexible working hours
• a half-day on Fridays
• 25 days annual leave
• private healthcare
• a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan
• a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own requirements
• support for ongoing career and development so that they reach their full potential

Please note that AI is not used during our recruitment process. Our interview process typically includes an HR screening call, MS Teams interview, followed by an onsite interview