Junior NPI/Manufacturing Engineer

Would you like to be instrumental in enabling the next generation of semi-conductors?

Are you a skilled technician with experience in Robotics or Production Engineering looking to advance their career in production engineering. We need an ambitious Junior Manufacturing Engineer to ensure product quality, provide documentation, and support key stakeholders with key product information? Read on...

Reward and Benefits:

• £36,000-42,000 (depending on experience)
• 25 days annual leave, death in service and private health care benefits, personal pension contributions of 4% with salary sacrifice and a generous EMI Share scheme

Based in Abingdon, Oxford, UK, we are a high calibre team of 100 plus people and we are growing fast. We are backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of the industry leading equipment company.

About the role:

A typical day for a Junior Manufacturing Engineer could look like this:

• Assisting with the introduction of new products from R&D into production, to ensure they hit all quality and specification targets.
• Documenting the assembly and build of our Metron System, providing a seamless handover to Operations.
• Creating and maintaining high‑quality documentation for product builds.
• Creating clear and detailed build notes and test procedures.
• Supporting the Engineering Change process once products are released.
• Helping to ensure a smooth NPI process and full production readiness.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities.
• Identifying and developing specialist equipment and tooling to improve efficiency and quality.
• Offer guidance on development approaches.

Who we are looking for:

To succeed as a Junior Manufacturing Engineer, we do need you to have experience of:

• Circa 2 years’ experience in building and/or and testing complex technology products.
• Familiarity with product data management, product lifecycle, and release processes.
• Understanding of ECR/ECO engineering control systems.
• Experience with mechanical CAD software (e.g. Solidworks / eDrawings).
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, in technical English.
• Willingness to travel if necessary (up to 10% of time)

Nice to have:

• Experience in document control with Dassault EPDM.
• Proficient in wiring/soldering to IPC standards.
• Project Management experience.

Education / Qualifications:

Either a Qualification in a relevant field (e.g., HND or degree in Electromechanical Assembly, Mechatronics or Robotics), or similar, or a clear equivalent path through relevant apprenticeship or accumulated experience.

We look for these attributes for our team:

• Self-management: Able to work independently, setting priorities for own work based upon the company goals and targets.
• Teamwork: Engages with other members of the company to bring the best solutions to the problem. Recognise the value that fellow company members bring to enhance own abilities. Supports colleagues with their tasks when critical to the company goals.
• Impact and Influence: Establishes themselves as the knowledge centre in their own field.
• Ownership & Initiative: React and address both short- and medium-term issues and proactively takes action to solve them.
• Results Orientation: Focus on the company goal, avoid distraction, making timely decisions to achieve the target.

A bit about us:

Infinitesima is a privately owned company founded in 2001, as a spin-out of the University of Bristol, by CTO Professor Andrew Humphris. Our dynamic team of scientists and engineers is focussed on enabling the next generation of semiconductor devices through delivery of innovative products to customers around the world.

Our strength lies in the varied perspectives that come from different cultures, experiences, and identities. We believe that true innovation is fuelled by collaboration, locally and globally. We strive to foster an environment where everyone can contribute meaningfully and thrive. If you require adjustments to take part in the recruitment process, please let us know, we’ll do our best to support you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Infinitesima Ltd only works with approved agencies and does not accept unsolicited agency CVs. Please do not submit candidate details in response to this advert, or to any Infinitesima Ltd employees. Infinitesima Ltd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

A note on how we run interviews:

We use AI only to transcribe our interviews so we can focus fully on you instead of scribbling notes. The AI does not take part in any decision making at any stage. All hiring decisions are made by real humans based on the conversation we have with you.