Senior Mechanical Engineer - NPI

Edwards Vacuum, LLC; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer - NPI to drive best-practice mechanical engineering for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. You will report to the Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer and lead mechanical activities across projects.

This role offers hybrid working, split between on-site at Bristol and remote collaboration. You will develop robust designs, ensure compliance with standards, mentor junior staff, and contribute to milestones toward volume production.

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree Bachelors (minimum, essential), Masters (desirable), or demonstrable equivalent.
• Working towards and committed to achieving registration with a recognised engineering institution (desirable)
• Experience of design for x principles (x being manufacture, cost, assembly, maintainability etc) (Essential)
• Preparedness to undertake further professional development incl. through training courses and the like, to increase your knowledge and enhance your capabilities (essential).
• Experience of mechanical engineering and design in a relatable engineering industry (desirable)
• 3D and 2D CAD skills (Essential)
• Ability to focus on delivering to project milestones and timescales (Essential)
• Ability to interpret requirements and technical deliverables and translate this into robust design solutions (Essential)
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of mechanical design engineering best practice (Essential)

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide mechanical engineering activities across projects.
• Deliver mechanical engineering expertise to subsystems and technology developments.
• Promote best-practice engineering to improve time, cost, quality and specification with governance for safety and reliability.
• Create and distribute work packages across cross-functional teams, guiding milestones to completion and volume production.
• Ensure mechanical design meets requirements and complies with regulations and standards.
• Act as a role model for junior staff, providing training and ensuring quality.

Skills

Project delivery

Leadership

Technical governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

3D CAD

2D CAD

Milestones focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Professional registration (desirable)

Tools

3D CAD

2D CAD

Job description

Your role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer - NPI, your mission is to deliver best practice mechanical engineering of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. You will report to the Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer.

You will

• Responsibility for the technical delivery of mechanical engineering expertise to a project, incl. subsystems, and or technology developments.
• Lead and guide 'Mechanical Engineering' activities across applicable projects
• Advocate and support the adoption of best practice mechanical engineering to improve the delivery of the engineering function to time, cost, quality and specification, whilst ensuring the appropriate level of effective technical governance is in place for safety, compliance, quality and reliability.
• Support the creation and distribution of work packages, often across multiple cross functional teams, guiding the project toward a successful passage through project milestones through to completion and volume production.
• Ensure mechanical engineering of product development meets stakeholder and product requirements, and is compliant with relevant regulations, directives and standards, by design
• Act as a role model for junior members of staff, helping in providing relevant training and ensure consistency and quality.

To succeed, you will need

• Engineering Degree Bachelors (minimum, essential), Masters (desirable), or demonstrable equivalent.
• Working towards and committed to achieving registration with a recognised engineering institution (desirable)
• Experience of design for x principles (x being manufacture, cost, assembly, maintainability etc) (Essential)
• Preparedness to undertake further professional development incl. through training courses and the like, to increase your knowledge and enhance your capabilities (essential).
• Experience of mechanical engineering and design in a relatable engineering industry (desirable)
• 3D and 2D CAD skills (Essential)
• Ability to focus on delivering to project milestones and timescales (Essential)
• Ability to interpret requirements and technical deliverables and translate this into robust design solutions (Essential)
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of mechanical design engineering best practice (Essential)

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our site in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

About Edwards

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.