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Automation Design Expert - Cambridge

Cambridge
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Automation Design Expert - Cambridge

Newton Colmore is partnered with a start-up biotechnology company in Cambridge, and we are helping them find automation design experts.

The company are developing a novel biotechnology product that solves problems by combining complex automation technology and robotics. You will be joining their research and development team and utilise your mechanical engineering or electronics knowledge to lead the development of ground-breaking robotic systems.

You will be leading development activities, designing robust mechanisms from initial design phase, through testing, and readying for manufacture. You will also play a pivotal role in formulating strategies and your experience will be key when setting development paths with this new technology.

You will be joining a team of engineers and scientists who are all aiming to develop a world class biotechnology product and they are looking for more people who share wants to share this goal.

This is a vital role for this company and so it's important for them to find the right person for their team, especially someone who enjoys working in start-ups. The role is open to various seniority levels, from principal-level engineers to "head of" leaders. You will be joining a collaborative team and the role will involve some hands-on design work.

We are looking for a well experienced engineers with significant knowledge of robotics and automation design. Depending on your seniority, any additional experience with setting design strategies and readying products for manufacturing would be advantageous.

The company reward their people with a series of benefits along with their salaries, including monetary bonuses, 8% pension contributions and much more.

We are looking to arrange interviews for this role as soon as possible so if the role is of interest make an application now. One of our consultants will then be in touch with more details.

Newton Colmore is a specialist recruiter dedicated to helping our medical devices and biotech clients find the experts they need to develop new technologies.

Key words: mechanical engineer, mechatronics, robotics, systems design, biotechnology, medical devices, iso 13485, GMP

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