Product Engineer

**Product Engineer** **Location**: Lower Dicker, Hailsham, BN27 4EL **Salary**: Competitive, DOE **Contract**:Full Time, Permanent We are Vacgen, we are recruiting and we want you Since 1964, we have been the name on everyone’s lips when they think about high quality ultra-high vacuum products and services. We manufactured the very first UHV valve and we head some of the most advanced vacuum research, coupling this with over 50 years excelling in the research and scientific industry we have incredible grounding in the needs of our customers. Vacgen remains the partner of choice for the next generation of researchers, innovators and builders. From our UK high tech manufacturing base, our focus is on delivering enabling technologies and supporting our customers across industry and academia. We are now recruiting for a Product Engineer responsible for one or more of our product ranges to be an integral part of the Engineering team ensuring our products are delivered on time, to specification and within budget and to the best DFMA principles. **Product Engineer - About the role**: Have you got demonstrable experience in CAD Design / Drawing and using this to provide manufacturing engineering support? Are you great at project costing, quotation and root cause analysis? Do you have a background in design engineering and experience in Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)? **This could be the opportunity for you** You will be responsible for owning the full lifecycle of one of our product ranges including Product Development, Product Maintenance, Custom Design, NPI and Manufacturing Support: - Maintain project management processes and deliver development projects on budget and time - Perform feasibility study on select NPI’s - Providing manufacturing engineering support for the design and development team - Locate new and maintain existing supplier collaboration partners for Product Developments - Ensure all data is provided to Operations in the correct format - Root cause engineering problems and seek to eliminate - Provide engineering support for quotations and technical enquiries - Check detail drawings to BS 8888 (308) - Create BOM’s and planning sheets for new products & systems. - Provide timely production engineering support for custom orders to agreed dead lines - Carry out FMEA - Keep up to date with technical innovation in the UHV & manufacturing areas - 5+ years in a similar engineering role - Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) - Experience in CAD design/drawing - Production Engineering of components and assemblies - ERP system familiarity including creating BOM’s - Project costing & quotation - Root cause analysis - Able to manage a diverse team & chair technical meeting (8D/Design reviews) - Need to be a naturally critical thinker (need to analyse, evaluate, and produce information to make objective judgements and recommendations.) - Able to work under own initiative. - Has positive attitude to attention to details - Naturally curious and open minded - Effective time management - Must be creative - Effective communicator. - Must be willing to collaborate **It would be great if you had**: - Experience of Microsoft Dynamics and MS Office products - Must have a degree in Mechanical Engineering or an HNC/D in Production Engineering - Experience in new product introduction would be a benefit **What Vacgen offers**: We offer 25 days holiday, company pension, life insurance, flexible working hours with a 1200hrs finish on a Friday, a state of the art working environment, a great benefits package and a competitive salary. If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on "APPLY" today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance. **No agencies please.