Product Development Engineer

Company: Oxford instruments
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will support the Product Development team by investigating complex product challenges, validating design solutions, and driving improvements through testing and development. You will work on released platform issues, root-cause analysis, and documentation to uphold quality and traceability. You will contribute to product improvements across control systems, mechanics, and electronics, collaborating with design and production teams. The position offers hands-on development in a fast-paced, high-technology environment with opportunities to influence manufacturing documentation and process robustness. This is a chance to impact products used in fields from healthcare to quantum

Pay / Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days annual leave + half-day Fridays
  • Private healthcare
  • Share incentive plan
  • Pension scheme
  • Flexible benefits tailored to your needs),(“Structured career development opportunities”,”Collaborative environment with excellent work-life balance”),

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical assistance to investigate selective engineering problems on released platforms and identify root causes using appropriate problem-solving methodologies (8D RCA)
  • Collate evidence and produce concise, traceable reports; create or update build documentation to support assembly and test plans
  • Interrogate BOMs, ECOs and DP-related documentation effectively
  • Support product improvements and corrections by implementing design-driven changes to current released products (controls, plumbing, pneumatics, mechanical elements) and ensuring comprehensive test documentation
  • Coordinate with design, production engineering and test departments to validate improvements and provide feedback on robustness of solutions emphasizing DFM, DFA, and DFS
  • Maintain up-to-date SOPs and production instructions in collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering
  • Monitor, report and optimize product quality; respond to Quality Notifications and customer feedback efficiently
  • Support corrective actions requests and deviation permits (FRN/DP) related to product improvements

Key requirements

  • Substantial experience in electro-mechanical systems production engineering, ideally in small-batch, high-technology system integration
  • Experience in fast-paced operations environment
  • Commercial awareness
  • Knowledge of Design validation methodologies (DFM, DFA, DFS)
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Recent practical experience of mechanical and electrical assembly
  • Problem-solving
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Commercial awareness
  • Electro-mechanical systems
  • Design for Manufacture (DFM)
  • Design for Assembly (DFA)

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Posted: October 17th, 2026