Senior Research Engineer - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-longread lengths.

Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere

We are seeking a highly capable and motivated Senior Research Engineer to join the Chip Research team.

Reporting to the Associate Director for Biosensor Fabrication, the individual will be instrumental in developing and scaling up new methods for the wetassembly of our sequencing flowcells.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

Creation and development of ideas for wet membrane assembly.
Design, build and modification of custom apparatus.
Planning, risk assessing, and carrying out experiments to measure the performance of assembly techniques.
Technical problem solving.
Mentoring junior engineers / scientists involved with the project.
Regular reporting of progress to line management and stakeholder group.

What We're Looking For...
A PhD or equivalent years of industrial experience in engineering, applied physics or other relevant field.

Development and prototyping of inline processes
Precision mechanical engineering, e.g. for part handling or process control
Designing mechanised / automated solutions including the use of motion control systems
Leading Technical projects
Knowledge of engineering material selection and manufacturing techniques
Experiment planning, trials and evaluation
Strong communication skills
Experience working in a multidisciplinary collaborative environment

This role will suit someone with the drive to achieve results and who is motivated to impact a key area of a cutting-edge, fast-paced organisation.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.

Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of whichmake for a wonderful working environment.

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