Job Description

Summary Salary: Competitive Team: Science and Research Location: United Kingdom - Malmesbury Office

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Engineer within the Manufacturing Capabilities Team, to drive development of processes pioneered in research through to pilot scale manufacture.

This role is a key part of the team that is going to succeed in overcoming these challenges by combining experience, engineering excellence, and clear thinking with innovative designs to keep Dyson at the leading edge of future product technologies.

Responsibilities include;

The review of unit operations and processes identified at a research level, and the development of these to reliable and reproducible process steps

Review of potential alternative and parallel technology methods to achieve the same aim

Identify potential methods of manufacture whereby significant cost or quality improvements could be realised

Working with partners and internal engineers to rapidly prototype solutions for trial & verification

To lead development projects with partners and collaborators for the prototyping and engineering of equipment.

As a senior employee, the successful applicant would be expected to;

Develop the concept, proving key technologies and demonstrating the system feasibility

Prove the production intent solution and create suitable documentation prior to handover to the manufacturing teams and partners

Demonstrate proposed solutions are safe, robust, cost effective and fit-for-purpose for a high-volume manufacturing environment

Assist in the personal development of junior team members.

About you

A confident, dynamic engineer with at least 5 years\' experience working in the development of manufacturing processes for a broad range of applications including (but not limited to):

Energy harvesting/storage

Medical devices

Pharmaceutical products

A self-starter but also hands-on, numerically confident, and capable, with a demonstrable track record of delivering objectives. Experience in fast-paced development environments, with the capability to think on their feet.

Comfortable with ambiguity and able to quickly pivot based on evolving business requirements.

Applicants for this role must have significant demonstrable experience in one or more of the aforementioned areas, specifically the development of critical processes ready for pilot scale manufacture.

Essential Experience

MEng or MSc degree in a scientific or engineering discipline

5 years\' experience developing processes or products

Material characterisation (SEM, Raman, Karl Fischer, etc)

Project progression - can demonstrate having taken a product/idea/process from research (early phase) through to prototype on a number of occasions

Stakeholder management including demonstrated decision influencing

Product & process engineering for quality & value with demonstrated improvements

Good understanding of the safety aspects of the proposed processes, and how these change with scale

Desirable Experience

PhD in advanced manufacturing techniques

Bulk powder handling, in particular the safety requirements around these processes and how these change with scale

Design & construction of development and Pilot-Line equipment

Batch & continuous processes

Multi-stage unit operations; timings & work-flow

Hazardous and/or complex environments, (e.g. dry / explosive / particulate / vapour)

Understanding and managing specification and construction of facilities

Experienced with MATLAB

Programming language fluency (C++, Python, etc)

Data acquisition & Processing - Scientific in understanding but engineering in mind-set.

Proficient in MS Office including Excel

Statistical process control - Lean Six Sigma type approaches.

Material compounding experience for energy harvesting/storage or pharmaceutical applications will be considered a plus.

Benefits

Financial:

Performance related bonus

Company paid Life Assurance

Discounts on Dyson machines

Competitive pension scheme

Purchase additional holidays

Lifestyle:

27 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays

Free bus travel to and from Malmesbury campus from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham and Swindon

On-site parking

Endless free coffee and tea, and a free lunch

Free on-site hair salon

On-site lifestyle Assist

Electric vehicle scheme

Health:

Private Medical insurance for all employees

Employee Assistance Program for employee and dependents

Digital GP and prescription service

Fertility treatment support

On-site gym and sports centre

On-site wellbeing centre

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don\'t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

Posted: 18 August 2023

Dyson