Manufacturing Technician - Cameras - Weekend Shift

Thales Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 day working week

Pension Scheme

28 days annual leave

Life Cover

Progression and Development Opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discount shopping schemes

Job summary

Thales Group in Glasgow seeks a Manufacturing Technician for a weekend shift role focused on manufacturing and testing military products. Key duties include optical alignment, calibration of optical subassemblies, and working within multi-disciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate should possess a solid understanding of physics, practical skills, and experience in optical handling. The position offers benefits such as a 4-day work week, pension scheme, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Understanding of optical handling and cleaning.
• Experience with opto-mechanical components and manufacture.
• Experience in optical bonding.

Responsibilities

• Support in the manufacturing process of military products.
• Perform optical alignment and construction of optical subassemblies.
• Conduct calibration of optical subassemblies and tooling.

Skills

General physics understanding

Good practical and experimental skills

Inquisitiveness

Effective communication skills

Tools

Optical instruments knowledge

Interferometry knowledge

Mechanical engineering knowledge

Job description

## Manufacturing Technician - Cameras - Weekend ShiftApplyremote type: On-Sitelocations: Glasgowtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R0330785Location: Glasgow, United KingdomThales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.**Manufacturing Technician - Cameras****Location: Glasgow****Role: Full Time****Hours: Friday - Sunday Weekend shift**Due to demand we’re looking for a technician to join our team in Glasgow to Support us in the manufacturing process and test of multiple military based products. We are looking to expand the night shift.**Key Responsibilities and Tasks:*** Optical alignment and construction of optical subassemblies* Complex optical bonding using a mixture of optical adhesives* Optical handing and cleaning* Analysis of optical components using interferometers etc.* Calibration of optical subassemblies and tooling* Work in multi-disciplinary teams**About you*** A good understanding of general physics* Good practical and experimental skills* Inquisitiveness – ability to question results and then answer those questions* Self-motivated and capable of working alone and within teams* Good written and oral communication skills to allow effective communication with peers, and both technical and non-technical customers.**Desirable*** Knowledge of optical instruments* Knowledge of interferometry* Knowledge of mechanical engineering* Experience with opto- mechanical components and manufacture.* Optical handing and cleaning* Optical bonding**What we can offer*** 4 day working week* Pension Scheme* 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)* Life Cover* Progression and Development Opportunities* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing ap* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailer**This role requires enhanced security clearance to secret (SC) level. Candidates will be required to meet the criteria and seek Defence Vetting Agency clearance, which will be sponsored by Thales. For eligibility criteria, please refer to the Defence Vetting Agency website.** #LI-HAH1At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.