Quest Employment are working with a company that specialise in cutting-edge security and intelligence solutions, working with Government agencies both in the UK and globally to find an experienced Production Engineer to join their dedicated team.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

Benefits:

* 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holiday allowance) - increasing to 38 days after 5 years service

* Flexible working

* Travel insurance to cover leisure trips for you and your partner & children

* Pension: 4% employer contribution to your pension when you deposit an equal amount

* Share scheme

* Progression opportunities

The role of Production Engineer is split between two areas of the business;

1. Responsibility for production runs - coordinating small, light-manufacture production runs, including product testing, with the aid of a Production Assistant.

2. Providing support in innovative development and prototype testing to a small team of electronic hardware engineers.

Occasional support work would also be involved, diagnosing faults in customer units and repairing them.

Responsibilities:

* Maintaining stock levels of assembled products for sale, and component parts

* Responsible for production-run coordination, including quality control

* Record-keeping of supplied systems

* Periodic customer support and product repairs

* Preparing work for Production Assistant(s) and ensuring that they are working efficiently

* Aiding in Research & Development work as required

* Responding to requests from the development team

* Assembling electronic hardware through hand-soldering and the use of heat gun & bed

* Testing of hardware modules and final assembled products

* Writing or contributing to product/project documentation

* Some basic electrical work on products, mainly wiring-related

* Assessing and understanding customer needs to contribute towards product design

* Possible occasional demonstration of products and concepts to customers

Essential Requirements/Qualifications:

* Able to use laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes and signal generators

* Able to solder to a high standard, including small pitch SMT components

* Thorough production builds, good practice as a finisher-completer

* Effective communication

* Organised

* Able to work both independently and as part of a team

Advantageous experience:

* Experience with RF

* Experience with low power circuits

* Basic electrical wiring knowledge

* Ability to use a spectrum analyser