Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer - A&D

Your role

As a Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer - A&D, your mission is to deliver best practice mechanical engineering of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and includes direct responsibility for leading a team of Engineers.  You will report to the Technical Manager.

You will

• Lead, guide and motivate a team of c.6 or so engineers.
• Ensuring assigned team work cohesively, collaborate effectively, toward successful project milestones through to completion, using SMART objectives within annual development plans, and monitoring via regular and timely 1:1s with direct reports.
• Advocate and lead the adoption of best practice mechanical engineering to improve the delivery of the engineering function to time, cost, quality and specification, whilst ensuring the appropriate level of effective technical governance is in place for safety, compliance, quality and reliability.
• Devise and distribute work packages, often across multiple cross functional teams, guiding the project toward a successful passage through project milestones through to completion and volume production.
• Ensure mechanical engineering of product development meets stakeholder and product requirements, and is compliant with relevant regulations, directives and standards, by design.
• Drawing on your extensive experience, offer expert advice to other engineers, including supporting the training and development of engineers through formal and informal mentoring, effective professional developments plans, and including where applicable professional registration, to become efficient and highly effective mechanical engineers as a part of a growing and vibrant talent pool.

To succeed, you will need

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

• Bachelors Mechanical Engineering Degree (Essential), Masters (Desirable), or demonstrable equivalent.
• Registered Chartered Engineer, or working towards and committed to achieving registration with a recognised engineering institution (Desirable)
• Substantial experience of mechanical engineering and design in a relatable engineering industry (Essential)
• Experience and understanding of working in a regulated, compliance-driven industry (essential) such as the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry (desirable) incl. strong understanding of product safety and compliance to applicable standards (essential). i.e. EN 61511; Safety and design review methods, e.g., PHA, HAZOP, LOPA, FMEA; Semiconductor industry standards – SEMI S2; Risk assessment – Semi S10.
• Experience of designing and developing products through the V curve or similar product development lifecycle (Essential)
• Good levels of integrity with a results-driven mindset, able to hold self and others accountable (essential)
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of best-practice engineering (essential)
• Understands key technical deliverables and requirements and can report concisely to engineers, project managers, and the wider project team (essential)
• A willing, helpful attitude, a calm professional manner, and the ability to assess priorities and deal with issues on a regular basis, displaying clear, rational, and analytical approach to problem solving and planning, able to adapt to changing requirements and priorities. (essential)

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).