Senior Product Development Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a talented and driven engineer to help maintain state-of-the-art world-leading laboratory systems. In this pivotal role, you will be the engineer others look to when a problem is hard, when a design decision has downstream consequences, or when someone needs to hold the thread across mechanical, electronic, and software domains. The role is primarily office and lab-based at our Melbourn site. What you will be doing: - Investigating and resolving field and manufacturing issues across the sample management product range, taking technical ownership from root cause through to implemented solution - Leading design changes and product improvements, managing the process from concept and feasibility through to design verification and production handover - Working collaboratively with electronics, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality engineers, acting as the mechanical lead and systems integrator across those disciplines - Contributing to design reviews, risk assessments, and design for manufacturability activities - Supporting the service and applications teams with technical guidance on complex field issues - Identifying and championing longer-term improvement...