Research And Development Technician in Weymouth

The ASMPT team is looking to fill the position of R&D Technician at our coastal office in Weymouth. Join us where we’re enabling the digital world to realise incredible potential, and we’ll support you to realise yours too. Our technology powers everything with a digital component: we produce innovative equipment that enables the world’s biggest names in electronics to bring their technology to market.

While we have offices – and career opportunities - around the world, the real magic happens at our Product Innovation Centre in Weymouth, where our people are quietly but confidently working to enable and evolve digitisation on a global scale. They enjoy challenge and opportunity in equal measure, sharpen their skills and knowledge, be exposed to multiple disciplines, and experiment at the cutting edge. The teams get to do it all in an environment where we put people first, are collaborative and friendly, and everyone enjoys living and working in a location that offers the best of city, country, and coast.

The Role:

• Interpreting and carrying out test procedures.
• Building and assembling modules for ASMPT printers.
• Analysing performance or test data.
• Investigating a problem to identify the underlying cause.
• Identifying a solution to a problem or improvement opportunity.
• Contributing to the design of an item or process.
• Carrying out necessary tests and collecting and analysing results.
• Contributing to best practice methods of continuous improvement by improving the quality of an operation or process.
• Preparing communications, documents, and reports on technical matters.
• An understanding of drawing permits to work, instructions or other similar documents after appropriate checking, and identifying issues.

About You:

We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team!

You Will Have:

• A Level 3 qualification with mid-level experience OR Apprenticeship with mid-level experience OR comparable specialist knowledge with entry-level of professional experience.
• An understanding of functional mechanical and electrical design, providing feedback on design for manufacture, design for assembly and functional performance.
• Proven mechanical and electrical assembly skills.
• Hands-on skills with mechanical assembly and tools working from CAD models without formal build procedures.
• Hands-on skills with electrical enclosures, harnesses and looms working from electrical schematics and CAD data without formal build procedures.
• Problem solving skills related to mechanical and electrical build issues and functional performance.
• An understanding of electrical schematics and wiring schedules.
• Competency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of SAP (Desirable but not essential).
• Awareness of EDM systems such as Teamcenter PLM (Desirable but not essential).
• Awareness of 3D CAD tools such as NX (Desirable but not essential).
• Awareness of IPC electronic standards (Desirable but not essential).

We Will Offer You:

We believe our people deserve to feel supported, valued and empowered, both inside and outside of work. That’s why we provide a comprehensive package of wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits, including:

• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 support and counselling.
• Training on the systems, tools & processes to be effective in the role.
• Access to health and wellbeing benefits, including a health cash plan, virtual GP, eye tests and more.
• Financial peace of mind through life assurance, pension support and savings options.
• A wide range of salary sacrifice benefits, including a local gym membership, cycle scheme, will writing services and more.
• Family-friendly policies with enhanced leave for parents.
• The flexibility of hybrid working to help balance life and work.
• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, so you can take the time you need to recharge.
• A welcoming culture with plenty of social events and groups to help you connect, relax and have fun with colleagues.