Job Description

Applications Engineer

Wotton-under-Edge

Up to £45,000 depending on experience

Help shape the future of precision measurement

Are you passionate about solving engineering challenges and seeing your work make a real difference on the shop floor?

We're looking for an Applications Engineer to join our CMM & Gauging Applications team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the world's most advanced measurement technologies, helping customers across aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, motorsport and many other industries improve quality, efficiency and process control.

In this role, you'll combine technical expertise, problem-solving and customer engagement to develop innovative measurement and inspection solutions using Renishaw's industry-leading CMM and gauging products. You'll work on a wide variety of applications, collaborate with engineering teams across the business, and contribute to the development of future products and technologies.

If you enjoy understanding complex manufacturing challenges, working directly with customers, and turning ideas into practical solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with customers to understand their inspection requirements and manufacturing challenges.
• Developing, testing and implementing customised measurement and process control solutions using Renishaw's CMM and gauging products.
• Providing expert technical support and application guidance to customers.
• Sharing knowledge and best practices across Renishaw's global network of subsidiaries and technical teams.
• Contributing to the development of future hardware and software products through customer feedback and requirements gathering.
• Preparing technical reports, documentation and application materials for internal and external audiences.
• Staying up to date with emerging manufacturing and metrology technologies to help deliver innovative customer solutions.
• Maintaining confidentiality and compliance with customer and project-specific requirements.

What we're looking for

Essential

• Level 5 (HND/Foundation Degree) or Level 6 (Bachelor's Degree) qualification in an engineering discipline, or equivalent experience and qualifications.
• Good understanding of metrology principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to technical challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable

• Proficiency in CMM programming, with a strong understanding of inspection, manufacturing and engineering requirements.
• Experience with 2D and 3D machine vision systems.
• Experience in any of the following areas: PLC programmingRobotics (Fanuc or Universal Robots)Data analysis using MATLAB, Python or Excel

Why join us?

This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of engineering challenges, collaborate with leading manufacturers around the world, and influence the future direction of Renishaw products and solutions.

You'll be part of a supportive and highly skilled team where knowledge sharing, continuous learning and innovation are encouraged.

The role also provides occasional opportunities for domestic and international travel to customer and subsidiary sites.

Benefits 

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
 
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
 
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9708 Applications Engineer (Open)