Engineering Technician
CV-LibraryBath, Bath and North East SomersettemporaryPosted: 2 July 2026
Apply NowEngineering Technician (Contract) — 6 Months
Location: On site near Bath.
Contract Type: 6-Month Contract
Rate: Dependant on experience
Our client is a healthcare technology and diagnostics company developing. They're looking for an Engineering Technician to join their engineering team on a 6-month contract, supporting internal development programs and helping resolve reliability issues, trial design improvements, and run tests and experiments alongside scientists and engineers.
This is a hands-on role suited to someone with a strong mechanical/electrical assembly background and a genuine interest in scientific instrumentation.
Key Responsibilities
* Executing repairs and modifications to equipment and simple mechanical presses
* Analysis of defective equipment
* Product and component testing, including reliability testing
* Developing protocols to commission simple production equipment, including equipment qualification
* Promoting cGMP compliance within a pilot production facility
* Maintaining a set of working instruments for day-to-day use
What We're Looking For
* Graduate in Electronic or Mechanical Engineering, or BTEC/equivalent in an engineering discipline
* Experience working with mechanical assembly equipment
* Experience with electrical products and a basic understanding of electronics
* Soldering experience, particularly SMD rework
* Fault-finding and repair experience on production equipment or scientific instruments
* Experience in product testing and failure analysis
* Competent practical skills running and maintaining diverse mechanical test equipment
* Scientific instrumentation experience preferred
* Strong record-keeping skills
* Self-motivated, able to work unaided
* Fully computer literate
This is a great opportunity to join a growing medtech/diagnostics business at an exciting stage of expansion, working on a genuinely innovative point-of-care diagnostic platform
Location: On site near Bath.
Contract Type: 6-Month Contract
Rate: Dependant on experience
Our client is a healthcare technology and diagnostics company developing. They're looking for an Engineering Technician to join their engineering team on a 6-month contract, supporting internal development programs and helping resolve reliability issues, trial design improvements, and run tests and experiments alongside scientists and engineers.
This is a hands-on role suited to someone with a strong mechanical/electrical assembly background and a genuine interest in scientific instrumentation.
Key Responsibilities
* Executing repairs and modifications to equipment and simple mechanical presses
* Analysis of defective equipment
* Product and component testing, including reliability testing
* Developing protocols to commission simple production equipment, including equipment qualification
* Promoting cGMP compliance within a pilot production facility
* Maintaining a set of working instruments for day-to-day use
What We're Looking For
* Graduate in Electronic or Mechanical Engineering, or BTEC/equivalent in an engineering discipline
* Experience working with mechanical assembly equipment
* Experience with electrical products and a basic understanding of electronics
* Soldering experience, particularly SMD rework
* Fault-finding and repair experience on production equipment or scientific instruments
* Experience in product testing and failure analysis
* Competent practical skills running and maintaining diverse mechanical test equipment
* Scientific instrumentation experience preferred
* Strong record-keeping skills
* Self-motivated, able to work unaided
* Fully computer literate
This is a great opportunity to join a growing medtech/diagnostics business at an exciting stage of expansion, working on a genuinely innovative point-of-care diagnostic platform