Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Oxford Instruments; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their innovative Product Development team. This role offers the chance to lead the mechanical design of high-precision parts and sub-assemblies, ensuring that customer needs are met through creative and cost-effective solutions. With a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and a hybrid working model, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimize engineering solutions. Enjoy a range of perks, including private health insurance, pension plans, and opportunities for further qualifications, all while contributing to world-class products that tackle the challenges of the 21st century.

Benefits

Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays

Private health insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Car salary exchange scheme

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Encouragement for professional qualifications

Qualifications

• Proficient in mechanical design and detailing of high precision parts.
• Experience in leading design of new products and customer solutions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure designs meet customer requirements with creative, low-cost solutions.
• Document designs including specifications, layouts, and assembly drawings.
• Manage engineering changes using official procedures.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Product Development

Engineering Solutions

Customer Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Engineering Qualifications

Tools

PLM Tool

Job description

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Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for aSenior Mechanical Design Engineerto join our Product Development team.

This role is ideal if…

• You are a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer whose main purpose is the mechanical design and detailing of high precision new parts, sub-assemblies
• You are proficient at leading the mechanical design of new products, sub-systems, assemblies, and customer solutions.
• You are comfortable with having the authority to work independently without supervision.

Working at Oxford Instruments Materials Analysis - What’s in it for you?

• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more
• Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
• Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance

Money & lifestyle –

• MyDiscounts; save money with a number of leading retailers
• Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
• TechScheme and CycleScheme: Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months.
• Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA.
• Share incentive plan: Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan.

Development –

• Encouragement and support to achieve professional and or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
• Defined career paths and regular reviews

Role and responsibilities:

• Work with marketing to ensure designs meet customer requirements while seeking creative, low-cost mechanical designs.
• Work closely with technologists, systems engineers and other developers to optimise engineering solutions.
• Specify and document designs including, requirement specifications, layouts, detail & assembly drawings, Bills Of Material, etc.
• Work closely with supply chain and suppliers during the specification and procurement of mechanical parts.
• Assist the Manufacturing and Service departments to introduce new products and support with issues on existing products.
• Manage engineering changes using official ECR/ECO/BP procedures in our PLM tool

Location and working hours:

We are based in High Wycombe on the Cressex Business Park and have hybrid working, which includes 3 days in the office and 2 days at home. We have a 37-hour working week and finish on Fridays at 12:30.

Equal opportunities and reasonable adjustments:

Oxford Instruments is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Oxford Instruments is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. Please get in touch if you require any reasonable adjustments within the interview process.

If you would like to learn more about the role, or have any questions before applying please [e-mail]