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Process Engineer - Consumables / Surface Chemistry

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Process Engineer – Consumables
Oxford | 4 days onsite
£43,000–£54,000 + excellent benefits
We’re supporting a fast-growing Oxford-based scientific technology company looking for a Process Engineer to help industrialise and scale the manufacture of precision consumable products.
The role sits between R&D and Manufacturing, taking new products and processes from development through to robust, repeatable production.
You’ll work across areas including:
- Coating and surface treatment processes
- Consumable / cartridge manufacturing
- NPI and design transfer
- Process optimisation and yield improvement
- DoE, SPC and process capability
- Root cause analysis and structured problem solving
- IQ/OQ/PQ and manufacturing validation
- Cleanroom and precision manufacturing environments
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We’re keeping the background fairly open.
You could come from Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Microfluidics, Semiconductors, Microfabrication, Advanced Materials or Scientific Instrumentation.
Relevant technical experience could include:
- Functional coatings
- Surface chemistry / surface modification
- Wet chemistry
- Plasma processing
- Precision dispensing
- Chemical formulations
- Microfluidic cartridges or consumables
- Optical inspection / surface characterisation
- Reagent or assay scale-up
You don’t need experience across all of these areas. The priority is someone who understands how to take technically challenging manufacturing processes and make them robust, scalable and repeatable.


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Package
- £43,000–£54,000 depending on experience
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Up to 7% employer matched pension
- Private healthcare
- Critical illness, income protection and life insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave
- Professional development support
This is a hands-on role within a growing technology business where you’ll have genuine influence over how new products move from R&D into manufacturing.
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