Process Engineer

Octagon Group; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group in Bicester is seeking a Senior Process & Process Engineer to join its engineering and production team. Hybrid role based in Oxfordshire, focusing on improving manufacturing processes and supporting production equipment across mechanical, electronic and tooling domains.

You will work closely with Production, Engineering, Quality and NPI teams to ensure efficient, reliable manufacturing and contribute to production readiness for new products.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering background in Process/Manufacturing fields.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting production equipment.
• Experience with NPI, process development and validation.
• Understanding electronics and PCB drawings; basic fault-finding.
• CAD experience (SolidWorks) is advantageous.
• Knowledge of Python or scripting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair and improve production tools, equipment and processes.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to Production; investigate build/test issues.
• Maintain and support production equipment, including calibration activities.
• Support preventative maintenance and calibration to keep equipment safe and compliant.
• Collaborate with NPI to introduce new products into production and readiness.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes to increase efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Carry out root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues.
• Support design, development and maintenance of production tooling.
• Use Python or scripting to develop simple software tools and automate tasks.

Skills

Process Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Mechatronics

Mechanical knowledge

Manufacturing processes

Electronics

PCB drawings

NPI

Process development

Process validation

Continuous improvement

Technical drawings

SolidWorks

Calibration

Preventative maintenance

Production tooling

Python

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Senior Process & Process Engineer jobs in Bicester, Oxfordshire

Location: Bicester

Hybrid

A growing engineering and manufacturing business based in Bicester is looking to recruit a Senior Process & Process Engineer to join its engineering and production team.

The Senior Process & Process Engineer will play an important role in supporting and improving manufacturing processes, maintaining production equipment and resolving technical issues across the business. This is a hands‑on engineering position, working closely with Production, Engineering, Quality and NPI teams to ensure efficient, reliable and high‑quality manufacturing.

The Senior Process & Process Engineer will have a strong mechanical engineering background, ideally with exposure to electronics, manufacturing equipment, test systems and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities for the Senior Process & Process Engineer jobs:

• Maintain, repair and improve production tools, equipment and manufacturing processes.
• Provide hands‑on engineering support to Production, investigating and resolving build and test issues.
• Maintain and support production equipment, including thermal chambers, calibration tables, jigs and tooling.
• Support preventative maintenance and calibration activities, ensuring equipment remains safe, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Work closely with the NPI team to introduce new products into production, supporting process development, tooling, testing and production readiness.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Carry out root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring production issues.
• Support the design, development and maintenance of production tooling and equipment.
• Use Python or other scripting languages to develop simple software tools, automate routine tasks and improve production efficiency.

Experience Required for the Senior Process & Process Engineer jobs:

• A strong hands‑on engineering background within Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics.
• Good mechanical engineering knowledge, ideally with experience maintaining and troubleshooting production equipment.
• Experience supporting manufacturing processes, production equipment or test systems.
• Understanding of electronics and PCB drawings, with some basic electrical fault‑finding knowledge.
• Experience with NPI, process development, process validation or continuous improvement.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, with CAD experience such as SolidWorks being advantageous.
• Experience with calibration, preventative maintenance or production tooling would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Python or another programming language would be highly desirable.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Process & Process Engineer to join an established and growing engineering business in Bicester, taking ownership of production processes and equipment while working across mechanical, electronic and manufacturing engineering activities.

The successful Senior Process & Process Engineer will have the opportunity to make a real contribution to production efficiency, product introduction and continuous improvement across the business