Production Engineer - Quest Employment : Job Details

Quest Employment are working with a company that specialise in cutting-edge security and intelligence solutions, working with Government agencies both in the UK and globally to find an experienced Production Engineer to join their dedicated team.

Hours:

• Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

Benefits:

• 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holiday allowance) - increasing to 38 days after 5 years service
• Flexible working
• Travel insurance to cover leisure trips for you and your partner & children
• Pension: 4% employer contribution to your pension when you deposit an equal amount
• Share scheme
• Progression opportunities

The role of Production Engineer is split between two areas of the business;

1. Responsibility for production runs - coordinating small, light-manufacture production runs, including product testing, with the aid of a Production Assistant.

2. Providing support in innovative development and prototype testing to a small team of electronic hardware engineers.

Occasional support work would also be involved, diagnosing faults in customer units and repairing them.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining stock levels of assembled products for sale, and component parts
• Responsible for production-run coordination, including quality control
• Record-keeping of supplied systems
• Periodic customer support and product repairs
• Preparing work for Production Assistant(s) and ensuring that they are working efficiently
• Aiding in Research & Development work as required
• Responding to requests from the development team
• Assembling electronic hardware through hand-soldering and the use of heat gun & bed
• Testing of hardware modules and final assembled products
• Writing or contributing to product/project documentation
• Some basic electrical work on products, mainly wiring-related
• Assessing and understanding customer needs to contribute towards product design
• Possible occasional demonstration of products and concepts to customers
• Maintain an organised workspace
• Other duties delegated by management

Essential Requirements/Qualifications:

• Able to use laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes and signal generators
• Able to solder to a high standard, including small pitch SMT components
• Thorough production builds, good practice as a finisher-completer
• Effective communication
• Organised
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team

Advantageous experience:

• Experience with RF
• Experience with low power circuits
• Basic electrical wiring knowledge
• Ability to use a spectrum analyser