Role:R&D Engineer – Fabrication / Prototype Development
Location:Orwell, Cambridge
Salary:circa £40,000 – £55,000 depending on experience
Fabricator by trade? Want to move into R&D and product development?
Accora is a rapidly growing manufacturer of innovative medical equipment, and we're looking for an experienced Fabricator to join our expanding R&D team.
This isnot a traditional production fabrication role.
We need someone who isa Fabricator by trade, ideally apprentice trained, who can bring strong hands-on fabrication skills into a fast-paced R&D environment, building, modifying and developing bespoke prototypes and new products.
If you enjoy working from an idea or early-stage design and actuallybuilding, testing and improving it, this could be a brilliant next step.
The Role
Working within Accora's R&D team, you'll:
- Fabricate and build bespoke prototypes and new product concepts
- Weld, cut, form, modify and assemble components in-house
- Work alongside Design and R&D Engineers to turn concepts into physical products
- Modify and improve prototypes through testing and development
- Solve practical engineering problems in a fast-moving project environment
- Support products through development towards manufacture
The Person
You must be a Fabricator by trade.
We're looking for someone with:
- Strong fabrication and welding experience
- Ideally an apprenticeship or recognised fabrication/engineering qualification
- Experience working on bespoke, one-off or low-volume products
- Ability to work from engineering drawings and turn designs into finished builds
- Strong practical problem-solving skills
- Experience within prototype development or product development would be a major advantage
We're looking for the person who knows how tomake things, modify things and solve problems practically.
What's On Offer
- Circa £40,000 – £55,000 depending on experience
- Excellent long-term career progression
- Opportunity to develop further into R&D and product development
- Extensive training and development
- Good holiday allowance + public holidays
- Join a growing, well-invested R&D team
- Work on innovative products that genuinely improve people's lives
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Fabricator who wants to take their trade skills beyond traditional production work and become a key part of a genuineR&D and new product development environment.
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R&D Engineer - Fabrication / Prototype Development employer: Accora
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