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Senior Laser Systems Engineer | Laser Micro-Machining | Didcot | £50,000pa - £60,000pa plus excellent benefits: 
  
An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Senior Laser Systems Engineer to join a world leading laser systems and high-precision laser micromachining manufacturer. This Senior Laser Systems Engineer role acts as a technical bridge between this organisations customers, sales teams and engineering teams (mechanical, optical, electrical, software), ensuring that complex systems meet performance, reliability, and customer requirements.
  
This Senior Laser Systems Engineer role would perfectly fit someone that wants to remain technical yet gain more experience and exposure to the commercial aspects of the design, integration, validation, and delivery of high‑precision laser systems. These are the key areas of your work:

• Commercial: Provide feedback and advice to the sales team in terms of costings, technical details, proposals, documentation, and technical solutions.
• Systems Engineering & Integration: Own, define and manage end-to-end systems engineering lifecycle from concept to deployment.
• Requirements & Verification: Capture, analyse and manager customer and stakeholder requirements, translating them into clear technical specifications.
• Project & Product Development: Support new product development and continuous improvement of existing systems and contribute to design reviews.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with mechanical, optical, electrical, software teams.
• Documentation & Compliance: Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including system specifications, interface control documents, and verification procedures.

  
About you: 

• An attitude and aptitude to support the commercial success of this business area.
• Degree in Engineering or Physics (e.g., Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Optical Engineering).
• Hands-on experience of laser micromachining
• Knowledge of laser, optics, motion systems, software and laser interactions
• Understanding of:
  • System architecture and integration
  • Control systems and automation
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex system-level technical issues.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and with customers.

Desirable

• Experience of systems engineering
• Knowledge of project management and V&V processes 

If you’re a Senior Laser Systems Engineer with experience in shaping Laser Micro-Machining solutions, then please apply now.
  
MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
  
MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).
  

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