Senior Technician - Product Validation

Level: IC3

Reporting To: Team Lead - Product Validation

Department: R&D

Location: Huntingdon

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Purpose of Role:

The purpose of the Senior Technician – Product Validation role is to plan, setup and execute various tests on Xaar’s products, including printheads, ink supply systems and datapath components, for internal projects and/or or customer support, for the purposes of product validation.

 

Tests must be carried out diligently, in accordance with best practice and SOP, to produce quality data on a tight timeline.  All tests should be documented and reported back to the test requestor. 

 

The successful applicant will be trained to become a specialist in the use of Xaar’s products so that they can support the generation of test data for our New Product Development (NPD) activities.

 

Reporting Relationships:

• Reports to: Team Lead – Product Validation.
• Line management responsibility: none.

 

Key Accountabilities:

• Working with the test requestor and Team Lead, create plans for product validation activities.
• Follow test plans on product validation activities and present findings to the test requestor.
• Develop and implement new test equipment and processes.
• Contribute to development of documentation for department e.g. SOP’s.
• Training of new and current staff, where appropriate.
• Provide customer support when required.
• Process improvement and adherence to H&S standards and operating procedures.

Key challenges:

• Developing a core understanding of the fundamental operating principals of inkjet printheads, drive electronics, ink systems and printing practices.
• Managing time and balancing priorities, sometimes conflicting.
• Being able to deal with problems rationally and methodically.
• Generating high quality output, including documentation, in a tight timescale.
• Setting up work with the most appropriate hardware for the application.

 

Key Internal Relationships:

• Product Validation team.
• Project Leads.
• Team Leads (Actuator & Mechanical, Electronics & Software, Inks & Materials, Print Performance, Product Validation).

 

Person Specification:

• Methodical approach, demonstrating attention to detail.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective team worker.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to present data in different formats.
• Ability to follow defined processes.
• Report writing.

 

Experience of:

• At least three years’ experience as a technician in a similar industry.
• A good grounding in Maths and Physics – ideally to A-Level standard or equivalent.
• A good command of English.
• Experience of following instructions and guidance.
• Computer literate. Microsoft Office/Excel.
• Experience of product verification and validation (ideal but not essential).