Are you in your penultimate year of study and looking to work in a fast paced, global, market leading company for your student placement?

Here at Innovative Technology, we have an excellent opportunity for a Mechatronics Engineer Placement Student to join our talented Production Engineering team. This placement will be for a period of 12 months commencing in Summer 2025. This is an office based role in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

The Role Overview

As a Mechatronics Engineer (Placement Student) you will work with our team of experienced Engineers to deliver on providing mechanical & electronic solutions to reduce product related issues and eliminate further product defects reported at production stages in UK and China.

Whether you’re working autonomously or alongside our engineers, you’ll have an opportunity to showcase your skills while taking responsibilities on projects and their development. We give our placements the ability to demonstrate their understanding of their specialist subject while getting invaluable industry experience.

Your Responsibilities

• Design and prototype jigs and fixtures for new and existing products to aid increased productivity amongst the Production teams in UK and China
• Investigate all engineering end of line product issues, providing solutions by eliminating defects and suggesting/ improving right first time (RFT)
• Produce detailed SOPs in collaboration with the wider Production Engineers to standardise processes across the production operations in UK and China
• Working with the Continuous Improvement and Materials team by acquiring product samples from the suppliers and performing investigation analysis to support in reducing ongoing product issues
• Act as the engineering expert in the design stage of NPI project meetings, emphasising the design for manufacturing (DFM), design for testing (DFT) and design for assembly (DFA) for both mechanical and electronic components
• CAD modelling including step and 2D/3D files update based on customer specifications required for machining
• Creating new designs or modifying existing designs on Teamcenter, to generate 3D modelling and 2D drawings using CAD software for machining requirements

Your Skills & Experience

• Competent in the use of 2D/ 3D CAD modelling software, with the ability to read and interpret drawings
• Electronic circuit design and simulation for consumer and industrial markets, with appreciation of firmware requirements and limitations
• Be able to read and write in programming codes. e.g. Phyton
• PC Literate, experience of utilising Microsoft Office packages, to write reports and present your findings to others
• Ability to adapt and work well under pressure on multiple tasks
• Good communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to build and sustain good relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Your Package & Perks

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• 32 days holiday (including public holidays) and the opportunity to earn up to an extra 13 days holiday each year
• Enhanced Pension Contribution
• A choice of healthcare schemes
• Dental Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Onsite electric car charging points and staff car workshop     
• Free secure parking
• Free onsite modern gym
• Educational Sponsorship
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Paid breaks, with free hot premium drinks
• Informal dress code             

We’re Innovative…

Trading for over 30 years here at Innovative Technology, where we now have offices on five continents and employ around 400 people, with over 150 based from our state-of-the-art R&D hub.

From self-service checkouts to arcade machines, we provide our retail, banking, kiosk, vending, gaming and amusement customers with products and services that help them securely accept automated payments, with our industry-leading technology keeping us at the forefront of our sector. We also provide facial analysis technology for age estimation and control access for some of the world’s leading companies.

By being true to our values of Innovation, Collaboration, Respect and Drive we’ve seen significant growth and won numerous domestic and international awards, whilst offering outstanding career opportunities and great benefits. You’ll find us on the edge of the Pennines and less than half an hour from central Manchester, with modern offices, free parking and excellent transport links.

We are a disability-confident employer, as such we will shortlist all candidates meeting our minimum criteria (as specified in the job description) who state they have a disability within their application.

What’s next?

If you’re looking to develop as a Mechatronics Engineer throughout your placement year and want to join our award-winning team on the latest cutting-edge technology, we want to hear from you.

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