Manufacturing Process Engineer

Tokamak Energy is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer to develop and improve manufacturing processes within a new structure, ensuring safety, quality, and repeatability. The role requires collaboration with R&D and design teams and involves both onsite and hybrid work (60% onsite). Candidates must be based in the UK and have relevant engineering experience. Benefits include competitive salary, holidays, bonuses, and training opportunities.
Working arrangements

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split

Part time working or job share options will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Eligibility:

Please note that this position is open to candidates currently based in the United Kingdom with the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visa applications at this time.

Overview

The MBU is new structure within Tokamak Energy. We want to usher in the HTS era.

As a manufacturing process engineer you will develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes withing MBU with a focus on safety, quality and repeatability. It will involve working closely with the R&D, technical, design, safety, and quality teams with a focus on achieving a robust, reliable, and scalable manufacturing model.

Responsibilities
• Develop new HTS coil manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Improve existing manufacturing processes to ensure it can accommodate both custom and scalable production.
• Collaborate with the R&D team to transition innovations into production-ready processes
• Participate in design and build of HTS coil manufacturing tooling, jigs and fixtures.
• Oversee and assess new and existing processes and workflows.
• Perform risk assessment to ensure new and existing manufacturing processes meet company EHS requirements
• Create, update, and maintain manufacturing documents.
• Assess compliance and adherence to quality standards as well as implement and maintain quality control plans and requirements.

Requirements
• Degree in Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering or appropriate experience and proven track record of manufacturing process development.
• Experience in manufacturing tooling design build and commissioning.
• Ability to write manufacturing process documentation (Work instructions, process flows, route cards, control plans etc.)
• Experience of working with superconducting materials and coil winding tooling is desirable
• Great communication skills (both oral and written) with the ability report project status, issues and plans concisely and effectively in different forums.
• Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to deal with ambiguity
• Proactive, energetic and delivery focused, with good problem-solving skills

Desirable
• Quality control and quality inspection experience.

Benefits
• Salary dependent on skills and experience and will be discussed from the outset
• 28 days (inclusive of festive break) holiday plus bank holidays
• Eligible for discretionary performance related bonus
• Share options scheme
• Pension scheme
• Financial benefits – including; group life insurance, critical illness, health cash plan and discount scheme
• Innovation and Merit bonuses
• Investment in training and development to support career progression
• Opportunity to work on and contribute to world class innovation.

Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties

This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our occupational health service before the successful candidate will be allowed to start work:
• Work in hot or cold environments.
• Driving on Company business
• Regular manual handling
• Work with cryogenic fluids including liquid nitrogen.
• Working with or in the vicinity of equipment that produces high magnetic fields.
• Working with materials that are managed under the control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSHH)

About Us

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.

In addition to fusion energy, Tokamak Energy is recognised as the leader in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnet, design, numerical modelling, and prototyping. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets.

The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, currently employs a growing team of over 250 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities. The company has 70 families of patent applications and has raised $250 million, comprising $200m from private investors and $50m from the UK and US governments. Our US subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.

Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.

Important information

Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.

If you do not meet all the listed criteria for this position, we would still welcome your application.

Entry into employment with Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.

No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.