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Role: Development Engineer (Spectroscopy)

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 Development Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Development Engineer supports the Project Manager and conducts Fluorescence or Raman Spectroscopy instrumentational development tasks for New Products, Bespoke customer requests and sustainability and product improvements. Responsibilities also include supporting the Project Manager in the generation and maintenance of technical documentation. The Development Engineer works in a team with mechanical, optical, electrical and software engineers and will communicate to other teams such as marketing, applications, sales, operations, and production, as required.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Conduct new product developments in the relevant field of spectroscopy (Fluorescence or Raman)
• Support bespoke development projects in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager.
• Support sustainability and product improvement developments in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager
• Conduct development tasks, alignment, optimisation, and validation of instruments. This will include using standard instrumentation, adapting systems to enable customer applications, and providing input and direction for proposed product improvements
• Work closely with the Project Manager to share knowledge and ensure projects remain on track
• Support other teams, such as Production, Operations, Applications, Sales and Marketing, if required
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as manuals and specification data sheets
• Assist with technical papers, data sheets, application notes, devising experimental lab work to produce technical documentation.
• Assist with the approval and communication of new products and product changes, to take account of the impacts on stakeholders (internal and external)
• Other tasks, as required

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Master’s degree or higher in relevant scientific discipline and experience of spectroscopy instrumentation development’
• Knowledge and experience of Product Design methodologies is beneficial.
• Experience of advanced spectroscopy techniques would be advantageous.
• Ideally had experience working in multi-disciplinary teams including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, software and optical engineers.
• The ability to present ideas and information accurately in a clear and concise manner is important.

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 hours between Monday and 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: Mechanical 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 a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Mechanical Design Engineer supports the Project Manager / Senior Mechanical Design Engineer and conducts mechanical engineering tasks for New Product Development, Bespoke customer developments and sustainability and product improvement developments. Responsibilities include designing and developing mechanical products and systems, ensuring the performance and safety of products meet the specified requirements and standards.
Key Responsibilities will include:
• Present mechanical design solutions
• Undertake Product designs, detailed component drawings and assembly drawings, using 3D and 2D CAD tools
• Undertake improvements to existing products
• Provide support to the Production department
• Build and test prototypes and pre-production products
• Support transfer to production of new products
• Generate and maintain Design data (models/drawings/Parts Lists)
• Maintain records of prototype builds
• Undertake travel or other support activities to the Business
• Other tasks, as required

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Mechanical Engineering or near equivalent qualification (HNC at minimum)
• Knowledge of Low volume/bespoke manufacturing
• DFM/DFA particularly in CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, optics handling
• Assembly and piece part Modelling/Drafting using Solidworks 2018 or later
• Optomechanical design or experience in near equivalent field such as dimensional metrology instruments, avionics, robotics or machine tool design would be an advantage.
• Recent experience with Solidworks PDM Professional is preferred but not essential.
• Accessing/operating modules of ERP/MRP systems would be beneficial.
• Ability to manage deliverables across multiple projects and varying deadlines
• Good communication skills and to liaise with other teams

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 hours between Monday and 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: Technology Delivery Manager
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 Technology Delivery Manager for their Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The successful candidate will be responsible for the administration of our technology and management information systems together with ownership of the technology strategy of our business. The role also involves oversight of the IT infrastructure and strategy across Techcomp’s operations in Europe, Middle East, USA, and Latin America.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Driving digital strategy
• Accountable for technology strategy including t formulating and implementing a technology roadmap for the business
• Cybersecurity throughout the organisation
• End User Compute (EUC) facilities
• Application management
• Driving the use of M365 applications to improve collaboration across projects and between sites including the use of SharePoint
• Vendor management and control of IT budgets
• Management of a small IT team on site in Livingston
• Provide user training, advice, support, and feedback
• Project manage migrations of business management software such as ERP and CRM
• Ensure all relevant regulations (e.g., software licencing laws) are followed
• Management of the IT and systems infrastructure globally through a matrix
• Driving best practice of IT systems throughout the organisation

What You’ll Need to Bring

• A degree in a relevant subject or appropriate experience
• Hands-on M365 knowledge
• Experience in Systems Administration/Engineering with M365
• Experience in vendor management
• Agile delivery experience
• Customer focused – a good understanding of how decisions benefit end customers and internal stakeholders
• Ability to deliver solutions driven by use case – adept at selecting and implement appropriate technology to a wide variety of problems
• Results orientated, quick learner and multi-tasker and able to successfully manage workload and timescales.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills, a good communicator
• Prepared to travel occasionally

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 hours between Monday and 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.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your cover letter and CV to oak176@oakleighresourcing.co.uk

Role: Junior Marketing Assistant
Location: Livingston, UK
Type: Permanent

Edinburgh Instruments is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Junior Marketing Assistant who can hit the ground running within our Marketing Department at our Livingston base. This is a great opportunity for someone in the early stages of their career in Marketing / PR.

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.

What You’ll Be Doing?

Working across Edinburgh Instruments and sister companies, you will report into the Marketing Manager and assist in preparing email marketing campaigns, maintaining the website, content development, social media and preparing for exhibitions and conferences (when required) as well as being involved in all aspects of e-marketing.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support with the preparation of PR/mail shots.
• Assist with email campaigns.
• Maintain the website via WordPress CMS.
• Provide support with the planning and scheduling of social media.
• Preparing for exhibitions and conferences (when required).
• Assist in all aspects of e-marketing.
• Help with the development of content across the various Company websites.
• Undertake off-site visits to support the Company as required.
• Ensuring all activities comply with the Company’s quality procedures.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Prior marketing experience an advantage.
• Strong understanding and practical knowledge of social media.
• Organised, efficient and ability to cope under pressure working in a fast-paced environment.
• IT literate with practical experience using Microsoft office packages.
• Excellent writing 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 hours between Monday and 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 should be sent to alison.winn@edinst.com

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 In-house Field & Calibration Test Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The core function of this job is to provide in-house/field calibration and test on our range of weighing equipment.  The products are manufactured by our sister Company Precisa Gravimetrics AG in Switzerland, and we all form part of the Techcomp Instruments Group.

The field-based activity involves the calibration to ISO9001 & ISO17025 standards, installation and customer training on weighing equipment at sites in the UK.

The Calibration and Test Engineer complements and supports the function of the International Service Manager & Sales Manager for our UK Distribution business.

The opportunity for progression and development of other skills with the role is high as our Group manufacture a wide range of laboratory-based instruments which also require service and support.  The instruments include products such as centrifuges, temperature-controlled equipment (e.g., Freezers, Incubators, Ovens etc.) and Spectrophotometers.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Perform field and in-house calibrations and service functions at customer sites and office location.
• Preparation of calibration certificates and service reports to a high standard.
• Quality checking documents produced by other engineers prior to release to the customer.
• Perform inspection, evaluation, repair and testing of units sent for repair/calibration.
• Perform quality checking and assessment of new products prior to shipment.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Technical knowledge and competence.
• Practical experience in mechanical, electrical and electronics.
• Well versed in standard office packages such as MS Word and Excel.
• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Self-reliant & self-motivated individual.
• Excellent communication skills via all mediums.
• Ability to work as a team player and as a committed individual.
• Flexibility and adaptability to work requirements

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 hours between Monday and 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.

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?

The assembly, production and testing of Edinburgh Sensors Gas detectors within our Assembly, Stage 1 and Stage 2 test areas. This will include wiring and electrical assembly of Company products, electrical sub-assemblies, initial testing, and final testing of Gas Sensors products against written procedures.

Key responsibilities will include:

• To manufacture, wire and assemble electronic components and sub-assemblies and to integrate them into Company products as required.
• Hand soldering – conventional and surface mount.
• To ensure that the specification and manufacturing standard of electronic wiring in the Company complies with required internal standards and safety regulations.
• Mechanical assembly.
• To ensure that all electronic wiring is carried out in compliance with Company formulated Quality procedures.
• To adhere to all internal company policies and Health & Safety procedures.
• To ensure all re-work is captured and controlled correctly through the route card.
• To liaise with the Inspection and Test areas of the Company and suggest remedies to minimise Non-Conforming Reports and product rework.
• To ensure that all equipment is correctly used and stored with any maintenance requirements highlighted.
• To provide cover for shipping and goods receiving.
• To highlight possible Engineering Change Note requirements to rectify errors and improvements in production documentation and material.
• To initiate Non-Conforming Reports to rectify problems with non-conforming material.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Relevant work experience in the manufacturing of electrical products and assembly.
• Must be able 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.
• Ideally have 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 would be an advantage.
• Be able to produce high quality work on a consistent basis
• Well versed in standard office packages such as MS Word and Excel.

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 hours between Monday and 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: EngD project

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Temporary

Applications should be submitted on the CDT Applied Photonics website: How to Apply – CDT in Applied Photonics (hw.ac.uk)

Project Description

The UK’s Net Zero targets can only be met by 2050 by drastically reducing carbon emissions and limiting the use of greenhouse gases and F-gases. Meanwhile, climate change will likely result in the increased use of air conditioning and cooling systems, which consequently will derive in increased amounts of refrigerants being leaked in the atmosphere.

There is currently a drive to investigate the use of the so-called 4th generation refrigerants in such appliances, as they are deemed more environmental-friendly due to their low GWP (Global Warming Potential) and having zero ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential). These refrigerants are HFOs, or hydrofluoroolefin, and are unsaturated organic molecules incorporating fluorine. Although there is a risk that in the medium to long term after leakage that some of these refrigerants decompose in tetrafluoroacetic acid and/or HF, they are currently deemed non-toxic but are flammable to mildly flammable and much more expensive than other generation of refrigerants. Therefore, reducing risks of leaks is necessary for energy efficiency, safety and costs reasons.

Leak monitors of HFOs exist on the market and are currently based on two sensing technologies: semiconductor sensors and infrared sensors. While semiconductor sensors are generally used for large leaks detection, infrared sensors are more suitable for small leaks detection and are based on heated diode technology (which suffers from short life-time) or infrared hand held detectors which compare samples to one another, meaning the sampling probe needs to be moving constantly.

The objective of this project is to develop a low-power, cost-effective, HFO-leakage monitoring system, OEM or battery-powered, using LED technology. The emission of commercial LEDs is typically limited to wavelengths under 6 um, which prevents the use of longer wavelength absorption lines of HFOs. The main absorption bands of HFO below 6um overlap with atmospheric gases. The project proposes to develop a dual path system where two LEDs will be pulsed for improved energy efficiency, one LED will be used to determine the baseline atmospheric gas content and the other one will be used to detect the presence of HFO.

The prototype will be designed to be a fixed system deployable across several locations at production sites or at point of use of refrigerated systems. In addition, the system will be IoT-enabled for the remote detection of leaks of refrigerants.

The project fits well with the CDT photonics scope, as light sources (LEDs) and photodetectors will be used for HFOs leak sensing and photonic sensing is one of the priority topical areas.

The novelty of the project is two-fold. First a substantial amount of work is still being done to develop and investigate new refrigerants. This is a developing field and experimental work to understand the spectroscopic signature of these gases will be required. Second, the development of a new sensing platform that outperforms current technology in terms of low maintenance, cost and power consumption. Current HFO leak detectors are either semiconductor-based meant to be in fixed position to detect large leaks of refrigerants or are sensitive hand-held leak detectors based on infrared technology. There will therefore be a real market need for sensitive, fixed and connected HFO leak detectors.

HFOs (and refrigerants in general) can be used in a wide range different applications. For instance, some would be more suited for heat pumps, others for freezers or cooling systems. Therefore this project is the starting point of a large body of work to develop LED-based leak detectors for a variety of markets, at the production site of HFOs or at end use point.

In addition, the successful student will benefit from an existing and successful history of collaboration between Dr J. Marques-Hueso and Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.

The project will provide opportunities for scientific publication: in areas related to the spectroscopy of refrigerants, and in technological advances that can be disclosed. There is scope for presenting the work at scientific conferences.

The student will be based in the facilities of Edinburgh Sensors in Livingston. The project will be mostly lab-based and the student will share an office with other staff members. Remote working will be possible for literature search and writing activities.

Activities will likely overlap with other businesses in the Techcomp Europe group such as Froilabo and Edinburgh Instruments.

We are fully committed to being recognised as an ethical and trustworthy company and try to ensure we embed policies and processes across the group and integrate them into day-to-day business practice.
Wherever possible we work continuously to reduce our carbon footprint and deliver products that are eco-friendly and non-hazardous to the environment.

We also strongly believe in supporting developments in new technology and work closely with universities and companies to bring new ideas to market.

The company operates with flexible working hours, this can be discussed during the interview. The Company is committed to promoting, encouraging, and ensuring equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Funding for this position may vary depending on the nationality/status of the applicant (in this case international students must be self-funded).

CDT Essential Criteria:

A Masters level degree (MEng, MPhys, MSc) at 2.1 or equivalent
Desire to work collegiately, be involved in outreach, undertake taught and professional skills study

Project Essential Criteria:

Enthusiasm and problem-solving skills
Ability and willingness to present technical information to senior management, at international conferences and any other stakeholder such as customers
Commercial mind-set
Experience with experimental optical set up
Thorough understanding of geometrical optics.

Project Desirable Criteria:

Any experience with programming languages such as Matlab or optical design software such as Zemax would be beneficial.
Experience using Hitran database
Any experience or knowledge of optical gas analysis
Awareness of safe gas and light source handling
Understanding of electronics

The CDT

The CDT in Applied Photonics provides a supportive, collaborative environment which values inclusivity and is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and supportive environment for all our applicants, students, and staff. For further information, please see our ED&I statement https://bit.ly/3gXrcwg. Forming a supportive cohort is an important part of the programme and our students take part in various professional skills workshops, including Responsible Research and Innovation workshops and attend Outreach Training.
LED-based gas sensing platform for the detection of leaks of new refrigerants 🌐 – CDT in Applied Photonics (hw.ac.uk)

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