Production Engineer (Audio Electronics Manufacturing)

Production Engineer (Audio Electronics Manufacturing)
Based: High Wycombe
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: In the region of £30k, depending on experience

We're looking for engineers to join us in developing state of the art audio interfaces, MIDI controllers, groove boxes and synthesisers. You are a quick learner with a technical or engineering based degree, ideally in music technology manufacturing, with appetite for adventure and passion for great products.

The Production Engineering team is part of our wider Engineering team. The Production Engineer role involves communicating across all engineering disciplines, handling all Design for Manufacture data (Electronics & Mechanical Designs, Bill of Materials, Quality Documents, etc) and providing direct engineering support to our external contract manufacturers, both in the UK and Far East. There are opportunities to visit our factories partners abroad to provide on-site engineering support.

You will be working in a people-focused, multi-functional design & engineering team, collaborating on new product development and the continuous improvement of our production processes and tools.

If you want to join a creative team, involved in the development of industry leading sound recording and music production equipment in an exciting company which is committed to grow and evolve, we would love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

• Working as part of a growing Engineering team in close collaboration with the Electronics, Mechanical Design and Quality Assurance teams to support our New Product Introduction (NPI) Programme and ongoing mass production
• Ensure the data released to our contract manufacturers and sub-contractors is of the highest quality and clearly presented
• Build and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs)
• Create and communicate engineering change orders (ECOs)
• Cost analysis of materials and manufacturing processes
• Product cost reporting to key stakeholders
• Investigating new manufacturing processes and quality control methodologies
• Coordinate the prototype and pre-production build process at the factories
• Manage relations with UK and overseas component and PCB suppliers
• Handle internal and external resources for electronic and mechanical prototype assembly

Abilities and Experience

• BEng / BSc degree, preferably in a related engineering subject - Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Systems, Music/Audio Tech, etc
• Excellent communication skills and strong sense of teamwork
• Industry experience would be advantageous
• Have a change mindset
• Self-motivated, adventurous, driven and ambitious
• Good analytical skills, critical thinking and problem solving
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software - Excel, Word, etc.
• Knowledge of PLM or PMS systems would be advantageous
• Background or interest in coding/scripting advantageous
• An interest in music, recording or audio would be beneficial