Senior Optical Engineer

Permanent - Circa £40,000 - £45,000

Rugby, Warwickshire

 

Our client is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber lasers for use in cutting, welding and marking applications in a wide range of industries. They have a new role for a Senior Optical Engineer based at their Rugby site on a permanent basis.

 

Job Purpose:

To work as part of a team of engineers and technicians to develop components for the companies range of high-power fiber lasers.

 

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Design and specification of high power optical/fibre-optic components/optical systems.

• Production of components/systems to demonstrate feasibility and to provide prototypes.

• Design and implementation of lab-based optical experiments for the verification and validation of the components/systems.

• Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering team to transfer component manufacture to Production.

 

Required Experience:

The role requires a strong practical, hands-on approach to product development, underpinned with a thorough understanding of the principles of physics related to optical and fiber/optical component/system design, development and application.

 

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Hands-on experience of optical/fiber component or system development and characterization.

• Experience of high-power lasers and/or optical or fibre-optical components.

 

Qualifications:

• BSc degree (or higher qualification) in optical or laser physics/engineering 

• Experience of working in the laser or fiber-optics industry, ideally in one or more of optical design, manufacture or testing.

 

Personal Profile:

• Ability to work across multiple tasks methodically and efficiently and meet committed timescales.

• Able to deliver technical updates of status on agreed work-schedules.

• Happy to work in a dynamic environment and adaptable to changes in priorities.

• Ability to integrate into multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams.

• Hands-on, creative approach to problem solving and the ability to translate engineering requests into working solutions.

• Strong customer focus and ability to visit supplier and/or customer sites as required.

• Ability to contribute to generation and analysis of intellectual property.

• Self-starter with good interpersonal skills and a strong execution-oriented approach.

• Must be diligent, focused and thorough, taking personal pride in their work and achievements.

 

To apply please send an MS Word version of your CV across for our review.