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Senior Process Engineer

Great Stukeley
4 months ago
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Senior Process Engineer

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Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

Our client is a world-leading manufacturer with a UK and Global presence. We are currently recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer to work at their cutting-edge manufacturing facilities at their site close to the Cambridge area.

The Senior Process Engineer will report into the Head of NPI and will be responsible for leading the development, optimisation of advance manufacturing processes such as wafer processing, MEMS and microfabrication processes such as hybrid micro-electronics.

These will be across both new product introduction projects and sustainment of current production lines including root cause analysis and corrective action planning (e.g. 8D, FMEA).

What's in it for you as a Senior Process Engineer?

Salary of £55-60k
Days based Monday to Friday - flexible hours available
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Life Assurance Scheme X2
Income protection
Health Cash Plan & Private Medical Insurance
Company Pension Scheme
22 days annual leave + public holidays (30 days overall)
Holiday purchase and buy back Scheme
Unrivalled opportunities for both upskilling and career progression, supported with training.
Key Requirements of the Senior Process Engineer:

Wafer fabrication experience, ideally experience working with novel topographies
Controlled change experience
NPI experience - innovative & practical
Experience of protoresist processing, ideally on non-planar structures
Experience of vacuum preparation & deposition processing, metals, dielectrics
Functional scripting experience, e.g. LabVIEW, Python
Experience with automated assembly equipment and/or vision systems
Experience of chemical addition/subtraction processes, i.e. plating or etching, adhesion promotion
Experience with dicing, grinding, CNC milling, flycutting of precision parts
Understanding of metrology methodology
Experience of structured RCA and preventative methods.
Degree level qualified in Engineering, Physics, Electronics, Chemistry, Manufacturing Engineer or similar fieldIf interested, please apply now

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