Senior Process Engineer

Company: Jackson Hogg
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Location: Sunderland
Job Description:

Senior Process Engineer – Vacuum Coating & Process Scale-Up

North East England (Site-Based)

Exciting opportunity to work with by an innovative advanced materials technology company to appoint a Senior Process Engineer into a growing engineering team. This is a rare opportunity to play a key role in scaling a genuinely disruptive and sustainability-focused technology from development through to commercial manufacture

We’re looking for a hands‑on engineer with experience of vacuum coating processes, ideally within a manufacturing, pilot plant, process development or scale‑up environment.

Key Responsibility

  • Develop, optimise and scale vacuum coating and film manufacturing processes.
  • Support the transition of technology from R&D into commercial production.
  • Drive process improvements, troubleshooting and performance optimisation.
  • Work across engineering, science and manufacturing teams to solve complex technical challenges.
  • Contribute to the successful scale-up of an emerging technology in a fast‑paced environment.

We’re Interested in Hearing from Engineers with Experience in

  • Thin film technologies
  • Coating and converting processes
  • Roll‑to‑roll manufacturing
  • Process scale‑up and technology transfer
  • Advanced materials or related manufacturing environments

This role forms part of a small, highly collaborative engineering team and would suit someone who enjoys being close to the technology, working across disciplines, and making a visible impact on product and process development.

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Posted: July 14th, 2026