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
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