Senior Mechanical Engineer

Company: Edwards Vacuum, LLC
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Your mission is to deliver best practice mechanical engineering of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. You will report to the Associate Principal Mechanical Engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Responsibility for the technical delivery of mechanical engineering expertise to a project, incl. subsystems, and or technology developments.
  • Lead and guide ‘Mechanical Engineering’ activities across applicable projects
  • Advocate and support the adoption of best practice mechanical engineering to improve the delivery of the engineering function to time, cost, quality and specification, whilst ensuring the appropriate level of effective technical governance is in place for safety, compliance, quality and reliability.
  • Support the creation and distribution of work packages, often across multiple cross functional teams, guiding the project toward a successful passage through project milestones through to completion and volume production.
  • Ensure mechanical engineering of product development meets stakeholder and product requirements, and is compliant with relevant regulations, directives and standards, by design

Qualifications

  • Engineering Degree Bachelors (minimum, essential), Masters (desirable), or demonstrable equivalent.
  • Working towards and committed to achieving registration with a recognised engineering institution (desirable)
  • Experience of design for x principles (x being manufacture, cost, assembly, maintainability etc) (Essential)
  • Preparedness to undertake further professional development incl. through training courses and the like, to increase your knowledge and enhance your capabilities (essential).
  • Experience of mechanical engineering and design in a relatable engineering industry (desirable)
  • Experience and understanding of working in a regulated, compliance-driven industry (desirable) such as the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry (desirable) incl. strong understanding of product safety and compliance to applicable standards (desirable). i.e. EN 61511; Safety and design review methods, e.g., PHA, HAZOP, LOPA, FMEA; Semiconductor industry standards – SEMI S2; Risk assessment – Semi S10.

Benefits

  • Culture of trust and accountability
  • Lifelong learning and career growth
  • Innovation powered by people
  • Comprehensive compensation and benefits
  • Health and well-being

Location

Job locationThis role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

Company Overview

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.

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Posted: April 18th, 2026