R&D Lab & Prototype Workshop Technician

Room at the Top Recruitment; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Room at the Top Recruitment is seeking a Lab & Workshop Technician for a Cambourne-based client. The role involves supporting the R&D lab, workshop and stores, assembling prototypes, and testing products for agritech and animal wellbeing applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team and manage calibration, asset management, and stores processes to enable efficient product development. This is a full-time, 37.5-hour-per-week position with a potential extension beyond 1 year.

Qualifications

• Experience in an R&D, laboratory, engineering workshop or technical environment.
• Hands-on experience with prototype assembly, PCBs, sensors and mechanical components.
• Experience using and maintaining laboratory, workshop and test equipment.
• Knowledge of health & safety, risk assessments, COSHH and safe working practices.
• Experience with equipment calibration, maintenance and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the efficient running of the R&D laboratory, workshop and stores area.
• Implementing improved ways of working in the maintenance, calibration, risk assessments, asset management, stores catalogue, consumables management, operating procedures, COSHH assessments, PPE, Cleanliness, training records, Waste management, and EHS.
• Ensuring safe working practices (COSHH/Risk Assessments) are kept up to date and followed in the laboratory, workshop, and stores for all users of the lab.
• Calibration and service/inspection of all laboratory and workshop equipment
• Purchase of materials, fixings and fastenings, consumables, capital equipment and tools
• Developing & improving the laboratory and test capability to meet future project needs
• Resource planning and managing external test houses where required

Skills

R&D laboratory experience

Prototype assembly

PCB assembly

Sensors handling

Laboratory equipment calibration

Health & safety COSHH knowledge

Asset management / stores

Tools

Calibration equipment

Test rigs

PCBA assembly equipment

Job description

Room at the Top Recruitment is seeking a Lab & Workshop Technician for a Cambourne-based client. The role involves supporting the R&D lab, workshop and stores, assembling prototypes, and testing products for agritech and animal wellbeing applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team and manage calibration, asset management, and stores processes to enable efficient product development. This is a full-time, 37.5-hour-per-week position with a potential extension beyond 1 year.