Senior Process Engineer — Hybrid Manufacturing & NPI

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

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.