Production Engineer (Electronics industry) - Northamptonshire - £45,000-55,000
A client of nGenium requires a Production Engineer to be based at their site in the Northamptonshire area.
The role of the successful Production Engineer will be split between two areas of the business; responsibility for production runs - coordinating small, light-manufacture production runs, including product testing, with the aid of a Production Assistant,
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.
There is ample opportunity to grow and progress through the business, learning new skills and diversifying in the role.
Duties to include:
The role involves undertaking the following tasks & 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 Skills:
• 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
Advantageous experience:
• Experience with RF
• Experience with low power circuits
• Basic electrical wiring knowledge
• Ability to use a spectrum analyser