Chief Engineer - Taunton, United Kingdom - Advanced Technical Recruitment

Advanced Technical Recruitment

Verified Company

Taunton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A leading microelectronics specialist is now looking for a Chief Engineer to join their Senior Management Team in Taunton.

You will assume overall responsibility for the team of product/process engineers and materials scientists developing and producing a range of microelectronic products.

Your main responsibilities will be to oversee manufacturing methods, process development, cost reduction, process robustness, customer design advice, customer process support, design for manufacture, bought in material selection, supplier compliance, manufacturingdocumentation, compliance to manufacturing standards, new equipment selection, new product introduction, new process introduction, design review and to drive manufacturing method improvement.

You will ensure manufactured parts meet all performance and quality standards and are delivered within the required delivery timescales.

Overall responsibility for engineering in all manufacturing departments will include Manufacturing/ Materials/ NPI/ Root Cause Analysis/ Continuous Improvement.

This is a hands-on role, where you will be responsible for a diverse range of manufacturing and production activities.

Experience:

As the successful Chief Engineer you will have previously worked in a similar microelectronics manufacturing environment, where you will have gained hands on experience with some or all of the following:

Thick and Thin Film metallisation.
Electroplating and Screen Printing.
Chemical and Plasma cleaning/etching
Atmosphere furnacing,
Laser machining
Micro assembly and Micro components/assemblies
Surface Mount
Soldering/brazing/joining
Wire and Epoxy bonding
Design of components/ processes and Design of experiments
Quality systems

Through your previous roles you should have an understanding of end user requirements for miniature components including the mounting of Laser Diodes, Photo Diodes, Microwave diodes, micro interconnects, CCD sensors, optical alignment, hermetic modules,etc.

Additional Information:

Skills:
Manufacturing, Engineer, Microelectronics, Root Cause, Continuous Improvement