Senior Mechanical Engineer - NPI

Atlas Copco; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Copco in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer - NPI to drive best-practice mechanical design for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. You will report to the Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer and lead mechanical activities across projects in Bristol.

The role focuses on delivering robust designs that meet safety, compliance, and reliability standards, working across cross-functional teams, and developing work packages to milestones and volume production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (minimum) with optional Master's.
• Working towards registration with a recognised engineering institution (desirable).
• Experience in mechanical design for manufacturing (essential).
• 3D and 2D CAD skills (essential).
• Ability to translate requirements into robust design solutions (essential).

Responsibilities

• Deliver mechanical engineering expertise across projects and subsystems.
• Lead and guide mechanical engineering activities on applicable projects.
• Support adoption of best practices to meet time, cost, quality, and specs.
• Ensure governance for safety, compliance, quality, and reliability.
• Prepare work packages and guide cross-functional teams to milestones.

Skills

3D CAD

2D CAD

Design for manufacturing

Project leadership

Technical governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (desirable)

Registration with engineering institution (desirable)

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

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.

• 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)

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).