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Role: Production Operator

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

Edinburgh Instruments are looking to recruit a Production Operator to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

Reporting to the Production Supervisor, the Production Operator will be responsible for the wiring and electromechanical assembly of Company products, electrical sub-assemblies, and custom designed equipment in accordance with production documentation.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Manufacture, wire and assemble electronic and mechanical components and sub-assemblies and to integrate them into Company products as required.
• Hand soldering – conventional and surface mount.
• Ensure that the specification and manufacturing standard of electronic wiring in the Company complies with required international standards and safety regulations.
• Ensure that all electronic wiring is carried out in compliance with Company formulated Quality procedures.
• Adhere to all internal Company policies and health & safety procedures.
• Liaise with the Inspection and Test areas of the Company and suggest remedies to minimise Non-Conforming Reports and product rework.
• Ensure that all equipment is correctly used, stored, and maintained.
• Any other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Relevant work experience in electronic wiring, PCB population and assembly coupled with a systematic and thoughtful approach.
• Practical experience in electrical production techniques, PCB assembly, soldering, wiring, crimping, etc.
• Practical experience in wiring sub-assemblies and looms with minimum supervision from wiring schedules and diagrams.
• The ability to recognise standard electronic components both conventional and surface mount.
• Experienced in point-to-point wiring of components/assemblies with the ability to recognise electronic components and wire in accordance with schematic diagrams would be beneficial.
• Experience in a mechanical/assembly background, would be advantageous.

Why Us?

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role:  Optical Product Engineer (Operations)

Location: Livingston

Type: Permanent

Reports To:  Product Manager – Operations

Have you recently graduated with a degree in physics or electrical engineering and have a good understanding of optics? Do you have previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques? Or perhaps experience at a component level, for example building an optical system in a lab? Are you confident, enthusiastic and enjoy customer interaction and international travel?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then this could be the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting into the Product Manager – Operations, this role covers the most important facets of our customer-facing agenda.  Coupled with rigorous in-house final-testing of our custom spectrometer products to ensure they meet the demanding specifications.

As a member of the Service & Operations Team, the successful candidate will be enthused to act as an ambassador for our company, and conduct installation, training and service support visits to our customer-base. They will also provide technical support, customer feedback and give views on development strategy relating to our growing product range.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Conduct final test, product installation, training and servicing work for fluorescence spectrometer products at our customer location.
• Undertake the repair and servicing of our fluorescence spectrometer products.
• Responsible for final-stage testing of spectrometer products within production area.
• Involved in the continuing development/improvement of luminescence spectrometers and custom designed analytical instrumentation.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a physics or Electrical Engineering with a good knowledge of optics. A higher degree such as an MSc/PhD in Chemistry, Material Science, Physics would be a distinct advantage.
• Previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques such as photoluminescence or Raman spectroscopy/microscopy is a benefit.
• Experience of these spectroscopy techniques at a component level, such as building an optical system in a lab, would be a particular advantage.
• A willingness to travel. This role requires a level of extended international travel which may be up to 14 nights at any one time. The travel expectations are around 7 nights per month (after the initial training period of 6 months).
• Takes ownership of customer problems and issues and work to resolve them.
• Capability to provide simple solutions to technical problems and based on customer requirements.
• Enthusiasm, confidence and professionalism with excellent communication and interpersonal skills is an important part of this role.
• Responsiveness and focus, combined with attention to detail are essential.
• Self-motivated, able to work under pressure, with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines with proven analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision as well as part of a larger team.
• Excellent technical writing and presentation skills.

Why Us? 

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role: Graduate – Procurement

Location: Livingston

Type: Permanent

Reports To:  Purchasing Manager

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

Edinburgh Instruments are looking to recruit a Graduate Procurement to join our Livingston Headquarters.

This role is ideally suited to a newly qualified Graduate or equivalent looking to gain experience within Supply Chain with a passion for building a career and be supported to study to gain CIPS.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting into the Purchasing Manager, the Graduate Procurement will be given an overview into the procurement department and be expected to develop strong relationships with the supplier base, the internal customer base, and the internal supply chain with a willingness to continue education through CIPS or similar with a view to further enhance career development. You will support the Purchasing Manager in the day-to-day administrational duties ensuring tasks outlined below are completed to deadlines efficiently and accurately along with working closely with our buyers to ensure we are fulfilling our demand planning including forecasting, MRP, ordering & inventory management.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the sourcing, procurement, negotiation, and administration of material purchasing.
• Maintain and manage the procurement system for indirect purchasing through buying requisitions.
• Support with the preparation of orders, maintenance of supplier database, products, components, and supplier costs.
• Help progress orders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Assist production department in the maintenance and control of stock material and kiting material for the production department.
• Update and act on purchasing reports from MRP system.
• Ensure purchasing system complies with Company operating procedures and to assist in supplier rating surveys.
• Assist in sourcing new suppliers and facilities.
• Obtain a good understanding of the use of our MRP Winman System & key procurement tools across the Procurement life cycle, including planning, sourcing, cost analysis, negotiation, and the creation of all types of purchase orders.
• Assist with implementation of Process Improvements.
• Monitoring and Managing Key Performance Indicators.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• A relevant University degree and an interest in studying for CIPS.
• Initiative and problem-solving mentality.
• Analytical skills.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Microsoft office packages.
• Confidence to collaborate with suppliers.
• Good administrative skills.
• A desire to progress.

Why Us? 

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role: Electronics Design Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

Edinburgh Instruments are looking to recruit an Electronics Design Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Electronics Design Engineer supports the Project Manager / Program Manager and conducts electronic engineering tasks for new product development, bespoke customer developments and sustainability and product improvement developments.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Undertake the design and development of specified projects / products or sub-systems.
• Produce, maintain, record and ensure safe keeping of computerised design documentation.
• Ensuring the performance and safety of products meet the specified requirements and standards.
• Ensure that projects / developments undertaken comply with international standards, to undertake tests as required and complete the necessary records to meet European requirements for self-certification of Company products (CE mark).
• Provide technical support to other divisions, production or sales teams as required.
• Advise in the specification of electronic aspects of custom designed systems.
• Remain abreast of state-of-the-art electronics technology and products.
• Provide technical support to Production when required (Test/Inspection.)
• Undertake off-site visits for design, consultancy, installation, warranty or maintenance of electronic products, as required.
• Undertake any other duties as required.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Electrical Engineering degree with experience in a design and manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of manufacturing techniques, with design for manufacture, and design for assembly skills.
• Experience of designing component parts and assemblies.
• Engineering configuration management.
• Good team player
• Written and verbal communication skills

Why Us?

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role: Software Development Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Reports To: Software Team Leader

Do you have a degree in software engineering or a related engineering/science discipline? Are you experienced in Microsoft Windows programming with demonstrable UI design skills? Are you passionate about scientific instruments? Do you have experience or are you interested to gain experience in the field of optical spectroscopy instrumentation? Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity for growth?

If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this could be the role for you!

What You’ll Be Doing?

Reporting into the Software Team Leader, the Software Development Engineer’s will be responsible for the design, development, testing, documentation, and maintenance of system software for our newly developed products.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to the software development of our new products, including graphical user interface, hardware control, data analysis, data base management and software testing.
• Ensuring that all activities comply with Company quality procedures.
• To propose, implement and demonstrate solutions to problems which may not, given the research & development environment, have clearly defined requirements.
• Keep up to date with current technology and advise the Company on issues that may affect performance and success.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Have a degree in software engineering or a related engineering/science discipline with relevant software development experience.
• Microsoft windows programming experience – specifically in C# (WPF), database management (SQL and SQLite) and entity framework (EF)
• A thorough understanding of object-oriented design methods and patterns
• Demonstrable UI design skills
• Experience of using Source Code Management and Bug tracking tools in a team environment

Other desirable skills include:

• Knowledge of other programming languages such as C++ and Java
• Familiar to agile software development principles and patterns
• Instrumentation – scientific/medical, imaging, hardware interfacing, data acquisition, USB devices, sensors and optical detectors, motor control, etc.
• Graphics – Data visualisation, charting, 3D

Why Us?

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role: Electrical Engineer at Froilabo

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Part of the Techcomp Europe family, Froilabo develops and manufactures temperature-controlled equipment for sample preparation and preservation in laboratory and industrial applications, including ultra-low-temperature freezers, ovens, and incubators.

With sites in France and Romania and a shared R&D hub at Edinburgh Instruments in Scotland, Froilabo are looking to create a strong engineering team to build the next generation of environmentally-friendly freezers.

To this end, Froilabo are looking to recruit an Electrical Engineer to join our Livingston R&D centre.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Electrical Engineer designs, tests, and develops electrical systems for refrigeration products, encompassing component selection, distribution of AC/DC power, signal and control wiring, creation of system cable harnesses and wiring diagrams, ensuring product electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility, and supporting overall product reliability.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Primary engineer for electrical system design: Select components, design system electrical layout and wiring, share in developing unit control systems, ensure the safety and reliability of the electrical subsystem supports the overall system’s safety and reliability.
• Ensure electrical design fulfills relevant regulatory requirements and standards and exceeds them where appropriate.
• Document system wiring and cable harnesses for transfer to production. Ensure product manufacturing and service needs are considered and incorporated during design. Develop test methods for production where appropriate in conjunction with the Production Engineers.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Relevant experience in electrical engineering design and development, with demonstrated competence in system wiring design and accompanying documentation. Any suitable combination of practical experience and education will be considered, with an emphasis on experience.
• Knowledge of control systems, including relay logic and fail-safe design principles. Demonstrated competence in designing systems to be safe, robust, and reliable, as well as putting in place appropriate testing to prove the same.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and standards, including electrical safety and EMC, and their implications for design and test; able to identify and apply relevant requirements for markets outside the UK and European Union.

We’d Also Love to See

• Industrial equipment design experience preferred; otherwise, experience with design of systems containing mains-powered rotating equipment, heating elements, etc., preference for products in series production rather than bespoke installations.
• PLC programming experience a plus. Opportunity for growth in this area based on Engineer’s career development interests.
• ATEX or Medical Device design experience a plus.

Why Us?

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Applications for vacancies advertised or speculative CVs are welcomed to jobs@edinst.com.