Senior Production Engineer

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information-rich, accessible, and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology helps understand and characterize the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.

With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK-headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our engineering team as a Senior Production Engineer to work on the world's first and only nanopore DNA sequencer. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about new technology.

The Details

Reporting to the Director of Production Engineering, you'll work with executive management and contract manufacturing teams to define and develop the assembly and overall production process. This will involve taking a lead role in product and process validation and participating in the design and implementation of assembly fixtures. You'll facilitate the development of internal and external production processes and establish and maintain production processes and quality for new products as well as improvements to existing ones. You'll always be looking for ways to develop and implement measures that improve product quality and drive cost savings.

Other duties include:

• Provide manufacturing engineering support to Engineering Design and R&D project teams and coordinate transfer of new products into manufacturing considering manufacturability and efficiency of processes.
• Collate and interpret data to ensure the manufacturing processes are effectively maintained to achieve consistently high yields.
• Identify production problems/deficiencies and be able to use a methodical system to solve these.
• Create and maintain controlled documentation such as process flows, process and tool drawings, component specifications, process routers, bills of materials, work and inspection instructions.
• Optimize manufacturing processes to improve efficiencies, reduce wastage, enhance yield, and reduce costs.

What We're Looking For

We'll expect you to have a degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering or a similar subject, and you'll be apprentice-trained with significant relevant industrial experience. You should have a background in production engineering within highly regulated industries such as medical or aerospace, and experience in manual cell manufacturing where lean initiatives have been practiced. Experience with automating and semi-automating processes for medical products is desirable. You should have experience establishing and validating pilot production lines, performing FMEAs, verifications, and validations for medical device products and processes.

Alongside your strong technical background, you'll be a strong communicator with excellent writing skills enabling you to create detailed specifications, processes, and manufacturing documentation. Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Project, Excel, and Visio is required; competency in SolidWorks would be an advantage.

This role is suited for someone who enjoys working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, loves a hands-on approach, and is a proactive problem solver. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge, high-tech industry in a fast-paced environment on exciting projects where you can make an impact.

We offer outstanding benefits, including an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare, and an excellent starting salary.

If you want to utilize your skills to make a real difference, consider joining our team and apply today!

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only based on merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

Oxford Nanopore's goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 100 countries to understand the biology of humans and diseases, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.

Founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford, Oxford Nanopore now employs over 1,000 employees worldwide.