Oxford Instruments plc

Engineer

• Lead the industrialisation and scale-up of new and existing products.
• Define manufacturing processes, production layouts, tooling, fixtures, jigs, and equipment requirements.
• Act as the key technical liaison between suppliers, production teams, and engineering functions.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including work instructions, SOPs, routings, and production processes.
• Support prototype, pilot, and pre-production builds, driving lessons learned into manufacturing readiness.
• Collaborate across Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Production to ensure manufacturability and operational excellence.
• Define cycle times, labour requirements, capacity planning, and line balancing activities.
• Drive effective problem-solving using structured methodologies such as 8D, A3, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Support product transfers from development into full-scale production and ensure successful ramp-up activities.
• Monitor performance metrics and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, cost reduction, and operational efficiency.

Manufacturing Engineer – NPI

Field Engineer

• Lead tool validation, qualification, and customer acceptance activities
• Verify system performance against specifications
• Optimize plasma processes for yield and throughput
• Support production ramp into HVM
• Develop process recipes as needed from existing starting points
• Support daily fab operations
• Monitor chamber and tool performance
• Analyze trends and implement fixes

Field Process Engineer – High Volume Manufacturing, Field Applications

Machine Learning Engineer

• Research, develop and deploy advanced machine learning solutions for image analysis, image processing, object detection and segmentation.
• Evaluate technical challenges and determine the most effective ML approach, whether developing custom models or adapting state-of-the-art solutions.
• Explore emerging technologies and techniques to continuously improve product capabilities.
• Design, develop and maintain robust software solutions using modern software engineering practices.
• Integrate machine learning algorithms into high-performance desktop applications.
• Contribute to the wider C++ application architecture and codebase.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to development best practices.
• Profile and optimise model execution for CPU and GPU acceleration.
• Ensure efficient processing of large-scale 3D and 4D imaging datasets.
• Develop scalable and maintainable solutions suitable for production environments.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and support to other software engineers and test team members.
• Contribute to technical investigations and architectural decisions.
• Share knowledge and promote engineering excellence across the team.
• Work closely with software engineers, scientists, product managers and domain experts.
• Support product development from concept through to deployment.
• Occasionally travel to other Oxford Instruments sites and customer locations when required.

Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer

Full-stack Engineer

• Architect, design, develop and maintain native macOS application features and cross-platform C++ core libraries.
• Lead the development and optimisation of software for Apple Silicon and the wider macOS ecosystem.
• Resolve complex platform-specific challenges involving rendering, memory management and multi-threading.
• Deliver robust, scalable and maintainable solutions to technically demanding problems.
• Drive continuous improvement across software development, testing and deployment processes.
• Manage and optimise Xcode builds, CMake configurations and macOS CI/CD pipelines.
• Gather requirements and contribute to the development of both new and legacy products.
• Support internal teams and external customers with Mac-specific deployments and technical issues.
• Participate in technical investigations, innovation initiatives and architectural decisions.
• Collaborate effectively within Agile development teams.
• Occasionally travel to other Andor offices and customer sites when required.

Senior macOS Software Engineer

• Represent Oxford Instruments by delivering world-class technical support, installation, and maintenance for plasma etch and deposition systems.
• Lead the installation and commissioning of advanced plasma etch and deposition systems.

Field Service Engineer I

Outside Sales

• Generate, qualify, and manage all sales leads, prospects and new customer accounts
• Strengthen existing customer relationships and develop new business relationships within the defined territory
• Determine and action sales strategies and goals for each product and service
• Manage Key Account relationships, pricing negotiation, terms & conditions
• Provide training to end users and demonstrate equipment to customers as required

Territory Sales Manager

Sales

• Meet and/or exceed OI unit and dollar based sales targets in assigned region
• Ensure all other OI strategic goals are achieved
• Develop and/or implement sales strategies for Oxford Instruments (OI) in assigned region
• Promote a performance-based culture and empower reports (Territory Sales Managers)
• Ensure the sales team is properly managing CRM
• Travel as needed, both within and outside of assigned territory, including internationally

Regional Sales Manager

• Install, maintain, and upgrade advanced plasma processing systems and software
• Support customers directly on-site, ensuring maximum equipment uptime and performance
• Collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues
• Provide clear, detailed service reports after each visit
• Support the technical helpdesk when needed
• Track and report system performance and issues through internal systems
• Manage expenses and ensure accurate documentation