Test and Installation Engineer

H Squared Talent Ltd; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Pension

Life insurance

Share scheme

International travel

Job summary

H Squared Talent Ltd is seeking a recent postgraduate to join its niche scientific business, with a focus on thin films. The role offers international travel and hands-on involvement in product assembly, testing, and customer training in university labs.

You will contribute to building, testing, and data collection, while supporting customers by phone and email and proposing solutions to equipment issues as you grow in the role.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or postgrad with interest in thin films.
• Interest in thin film technology and related physics.
• Willingness to travel internationally (e.g., Japan, Germany).
• Ability to learn equipment installations and provide customer training.

Responsibilities

• Involved in product building to understand assembly.
• Move to testing of systems and sub-assemblies.
• Carry out test procedures and record data.
• Support customers over the phone and by email.
• Generate ideas to resolve equipment issues.

Skills

Problem solving

Customer support

Interpersonal communication

Willingness to travel

Education

Postgraduate degree in physical sciences

Tools

Equipment installations

Data collection

Job description

Excellent post-graduate opportunity and a great first step into industry

• 25% International Travel
• Additional benefits include travel allowance, pension, life insurance and shares scheme

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a niche scientific business that can offer you long-term stability even in the current market? If you have a keen interest in thin films, then these are the products you want to be involved with! If you have recently completed your degree or find yourself in a similar role involved in physical sciences, but want something that you can really get your teeth into that will keep you busy, please get in touch!

The role will be extremely varied, with the opportunity to do some international travel to places like Japan and Germany, as well as becoming trained to perform equipment installations and customer training in University Labs.

You will also be doing the following

• Initially, you’d be involved in product building to get to grips with how it goes together.
• Moving on to testing of systems and sub-assemblies.
• Carrying out test procedures along with the relevant data.
• Supporting customers over the phone and via email.
• Using your problem solving ability to generate ideas for equipment issues