• Vacancies

  • Field Process Engineer
  • Production Control Analyst
  • Sales and Support Engineer
  • Customer Support Engineer
  • Sales Manager
  • Sales Manager
  • Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group
  • Trainee Manufacturing Technician
  • Magnet Systems Engineering Leader
  • Product Manager Customer Service
  • Field Support Engineer XRF
  • Group Legal Affairs Assistant (16-20 hours per week, Monday - Thursday)
  • Marketing Communications Manager
  • Procurement Specialist
  • Graduate Process Engineer
  • Customer Service Engineer

Field Process Engineer

Job Title: Field Process Engineer
Business: Plasma Technology
Closing Date: 23 August 2010
Reference: 10099
Location: East Coast, USA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: Respond quickly to process issues in the field during emergency breakdowns, warranty service and service contract work. Provide technical process troubleshooting and liaison with customers. Demonstrate process performance of tools installed at customer’s sites to pass customer acceptance tests and achieve system acceptance. Develop an excellent working knowledge of the technology to facilitate faultfinding and root cause analysis on processing results or equipment performance to deliver optimised process and hardware performance. Carry out customer training both at OIPT and at customer sites. Liaise with the process department and development teams to gain a working knowledge of new processing requirements for NGP / ALD and other new market technologies.
Technical Skills: A relevant science or engineering degree, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. At least 2 years experience in the semiconductor industry or relevant experience in an academic institution. Exposure to Ion Beam and MBE processes. Thin film measuring skills (e.g. SEMS).At least one of Ion Beam (Deposition and / or Etch); MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy); General deposition or etch experience.
Personal Skills: Self-starting, diligent and enthusiastic. A professional approach to working independently and managing your own time. Highly innovative and good lateral thinking skills for identifying opportunities for technology development applications. Focused on excellent customer service. Good diagnostic skills and problem solving abilities. Excellent written and oral communication. Able to articulate, present and report on technical or complex issues clearly and succinctly. Ability and willingness to travel for a high percentage of time.
Contact: Sandra Kindlan (Sandra.kindlan@oxinst.com)
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Field Process Engineer

Job Title: Field Process Engineer
Business: Plasma Technology
Closing Date: 23 August 2010
Reference: 10099
Location: East Coast, USA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: Respond quickly to process issues in the field during emergency breakdowns, warranty service and service contract work. Provide technical process troubleshooting and liaison with customers. Demonstrate process performance of tools installed at customer’s sites to pass customer acceptance tests and achieve system acceptance. Develop an excellent working knowledge of the technology to facilitate faultfinding and root cause analysis on processing results or equipment performance to deliver optimised process and hardware performance. Carry out customer training both at OIPT and at customer sites. Liaise with the process department and development teams to gain a working knowledge of new processing requirements for NGP / ALD and other new market technologies.
Technical Skills: A relevant science or engineering degree, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. At least 2 years experience in the semiconductor industry or relevant experience in an academic institution. Exposure to Ion Beam and MBE processes. Thin film measuring skills (e.g. SEMS).At least one of Ion Beam (Deposition and / or Etch); MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy); General deposition or etch experience.
Personal Skills: Self-starting, diligent and enthusiastic. A professional approach to working independently and managing your own time. Highly innovative and good lateral thinking skills for identifying opportunities for technology development applications. Focused on excellent customer service. Good diagnostic skills and problem solving abilities. Excellent written and oral communication. Able to articulate, present and report on technical or complex issues clearly and succinctly. Ability and willingness to travel for a high percentage of time.
Contact: Sandra Kindlan (Sandra.kindlan@oxinst.com)
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Production Control Analyst

Job Title: Production Control Analyst
Business: X-Ray Technology - Scotts Valley
Closing Date: 30 July 2010
Reference: XTec
Location: Scotts Valley, CA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: To maintain, develop and implement production control systems, particularly Bills of Materials and the flow of material through manufacturing. To assist accounting with month end reports, the cycle counting program and the implementation of Intuitive 8.5. Collect data from the ERP data base and format it into reports upon management’s request.
Technical Skills: BS Degree or equivalent, experience with iERP or similar ERP program, proficient with Microsoft Offcie products, strong database manipulatin experience.
Personal Skills: BS Degree or equivalent, experience with iERP or similar ERP program, proficient with Microsoft Offcie products, strong database manipulatin experience.
Contact: Kelly Johnson (Kelly.johnson@oxinst.com)
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Sales and Support Engineer

Job Title: Sales and Support Engineer
Business: X-Ray Technology - Scotts Valley
Closing Date: 30 July 2010
Reference: XTec
Location: Scotts Valley, CA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: The essential function of this position is to oversee, manage and grow distribution network with the goal of increasing sales revenue internationally for contact products, act as front line technical support for end users and provide input to the Sales and Operations Planning process.
Technical Skills: BA or BS degree (Business Management, Physical Science) or equivalent experience. Key account/OEM sales and technical support experience with scientific or medical equipment. Knowledge of Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Word and Excel, HTML, FTP, web graphics, editing software.
Contact: Kelly Johnson (Kelly.Johnson@oxinst.com)
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Customer Support Engineer

Job Title: Customer Support Engineer
Business: NanoAnalysis
Closing Date: 23 August 2010
Reference: 10104
Location: USA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: To install, train and provide ongoing maintenance of complex spectrometer systems interfaced with Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopes throughout North and South America. Establish and maintain a high degree of customer satisfaction and confidence by appropriate actions and attitude acting as an advocate for the customer.
Technical Skills: A 4 year degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or 2 year Microscopy or Materials Science degree. 3-6 years related experience and or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Specific experience with Scanning Electron Microscopy X-ray Microanalysis and pc-based instrumentation.
Personal Skills: Self-starting, diligent and enthusiastic. A professional approach to working independently and managing your own time. Focused on excellent customer service. Good diagnostic skills and problem solving abilities. Excellent written and oral communication. Able to articulate on technical or complex issues clearly and succinctly. Ability and willingness to travel 90% of the time; approximately 80% domestic and 20% international.
Contact: Sandra Kindlan (Sandra.kindlan@oxinst.com)
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Sales Manager

Job Title: Sales Manager
Business: Plasma
Closing Date: 30 July 2010
Reference: PT00001
Location: Shanghai
Country: China
Responsibilities: To achieve sales value, product mix, and gross margin in East of China, basically for Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan etc. To develop relationships with significant current and potential clients in order to facilitate increased sales
Technical Skills: Degree level qualification in relevant scientific discipline, with sales/marketing specialisation. Excellent English, written and spoken. Experience of working in a high technology, rapidly changing business environment. Familiar with product and process applications. Knowledge in sales and account management. Understands high tech/capital equipment industry, preferably semiconductor related, but at least a broad understanding of the technologies associated with semiconductors.
Personal Skills: Customer focus – Has a sound appreciation of the current and future requirements of Asia customers and of the key issues facing them. Establishes and exploits good, mutually beneficial relationships with customers, key institutions and other relevant bodies. Places customer satisfaction as the highest priority, both personally and for the team. Possesses strong customer facing skills. Able and willing to travel internationally. Team player - who makes the best use of the contributions that can be made by others, and has the ability to work constructively with others.
Contact: Helen.kirkcaldy (Helen.kirkcaldy@oxinst.com)
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Sales Manager

Job Title: Sales Manager
Business: Plasma
Closing Date: 31 August 2010
Reference: PT01
Location: Germany
Country: Germany
Responsibilities: An excellent opportunity to join our technical sales team to lead the customer support sales across Europe for our industry leading etch, deposition and growth systems and processes. This role would suit an individual with experience of customer support / sales of high technology equipment or a highly motivated Physics / Materials Science graduate. In this role you will have accountability for managing customer support sales initially with a view to taking on system sales. Responsibilities include: Quotation and sales of service visits, spares packages, upgrades and service contracts, and driving the business within the region to increase sales and profitability. Visit existing and potential customers, owning the resulting actions and reports. Work as part of the Customer Support Sales Team to identify and generate additional Services and Support revenue products. Develop knowledge of all systems produced by OIPT, and relevant process capabilities to support correct configuration of quotations. Create and submit up-to-date reports and sales forecasts on a weekly and monthly basis
Technical Skills: The successful candidate will have relevant technical knowledge with an ability to understand semiconductor processes quickly and ideally a degree in Physics or Materials Science. Experience of the semiconductor or electronics sector would be an advantage.
Personal Skills: Establishes and exploits good, mutually beneficial relationships with customers, key institutions and other relevant bodies. Places customer satisfaction as the highest priority, both personally and for the team. Possesses strong customer facing skills. Able and willing to travel internationally. Team player - who makes the best use of the contributions that can be made by others, and has the ability to work constructively with them. Fluent German and English. Self-motivated, with confidence, presence, a high level of personal integrity and the ability to quickly establish effective relationships internally and externally.
Contact: Helen Kirkcaldy (Helen.Kirkcaldy@oxinst.com)
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Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group

Job Title: Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group
Business: NanoScience
Closing Date: 09 August 2010
Reference: NS00004
Location: Tubney Woods, Abingdon
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: Your primary purpose will be to play a key role in Magnets Projects by completing Cryogenic and system level engineering in the design, manufacture and support of liquid helium - cooled and cryogen - free superconducting magnet systems and their sample environments, to meet customer requirements, and regulatory and company standards. Key responsibilities will include generating an understanding of the customers requirements as obtained directly or indirectly from the customer and pro actively probe for these requirements; Produce cryogenic concepts, specs and designs to meet those requirements and communicate these aspects to the Project Team; Generate costings and understand and communicate their implications within the Project Team; Identify and manage risk areas within these designs; Provide technical support to production areas and internal and external customers; Work to agreed schedules with minimal supervision; Be the technical authority for the group in your area of expertise.
Technical Skills: You will have a degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline; Detailed knowledge and experience in cryostat design, the use and principles of operation of cryocoolers, low temperature insert design (including 4He variable temperature inserts, 3He inserts and ideally 3He/4He dilution refrigerators), pressure vessel design and PED regulations and ideally ultra high vacuum design; Practical experience in modelling and analysing complex cryogenic system engineering (e.g mechanical and cryogenic modelling in ANSYS, VF, COMSOL or similar); Practical experience in building and testing cryogenic systems; The ability to produce clear and concise technical reports and proposals to a very high standard; Practical knowledge of system integration, design for manufacture procedures, test analysis and measurements and engineering materials technology. Experience of 2D and ideally 3D CAD design
Personal Skills: You will be able to work well as part of a team and a flat hierarchy and present and promote a positive attitude. You will have the ability to work across multiple projects, applying effective strategies to prioritise and manage your time and activities. You will be able to analyse projects and problems and make effective appropriate decisions accordingly; Be strong in external and internal communication respecting others' views and being technically challenging; Generate innovative ideas based on your solid base knowledge; Flexible, pro active and aware of your own personal impact; Committed to your own development and able to motivate and lead others in a positive manner
Contact: Kelly Howlett (Kelly.howlett@oxinst.com)
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Trainee Manufacturing Technician

Job Title: Trainee Manufacturing Technician
Business: NanoScience
Closing Date: 09 August 2010
Reference: NS00005
Location: Tubney Woods, Abingdon
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: You will be required to learn and develop the skills to become a competent manufacturing technician within the Operations function. General skills that you will learn or further develop will be: Lifting and Handling; General Fabrication; Wiring; Basic Machining; Metrology and Inspection; Understanding Engineering Drawings; Soldering; Cryogen Handling; Vacuum Technology; Leak Detection; Magnet Assembly; Magnet & Cryogenic Testing; System Integration. You may also have the opportunity to supplement your in house training by achieving a nationally recognised qualification.
Technical Skills: This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in manufacturing and engineering and may already have some practical experience or qualifications in this area. The ideal candidate would be willing to take on a challenging developmental role.
Personal Skills: In addition to the practical skills you will learn in this role, you will also acquire many behavioural skills, such as effective communication and teamwork, all within a professional environment.
Contact: Kelly Howlett (Kelly.howlett@oxinst.com)
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Magnet Systems Engineering Leader

Job Title: Magnet Systems Engineering Leader
Business: NanoScience
Closing Date: 09 August 2010
Reference: NS00006
Location: Tubney Woods, Abingdon
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: You will play a key role in the Magnets Business Group by taking the system level engineering lead in the design, manufacture & support of cryogen free & liquid helium cooled superconducting magnet systems & their sample environments, to meet customer, regulatory & company requirements. You will be a key driver for change through the development of the Engineering team & through continuous improvement & implementation of engineering processes. You will be required to develop the roles & skills within the team to realise & maximise each individuals potential; Own the engineering process & ensure that they are implemented & improved; Develop & maintain strong links between the Magnets business group & the New Product Development group ensuring that technologies & processes are aligned to enable the successful implementation of new product designs; Be a technical authority for the group, providing overall technical direction at a system level, considering all aspects of the various sub system design & build on the specific contributions of magnet & cryogenic engineers; Support commercial & operational decision making by the timely & accurate input of technical expertise.
Technical Skills: You will have a degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline; detailed knowledge and experience in at least two and preferably more of the following: superconducting magnet design; cryostat design; the use and principles of operation of cryocoolers; low temperature insert design; ultra high vacuum design. You will also have practical experience in building and testing cryogenic systems; The ability to produce clear and concise technical reports and proposals to a very high standard; Practical knowledge of system integration, design for manufacture procedures, test analysis and measurements and engineering materials technology.
Personal Skills: You will be able to provide outstanding, credible leadership to a team and present and promote a positive attitude; Be passionate about the growth of the business and your role in the development of technology and people to deliver it; Able to initiate, lead and deliver change both individually and through the team; Able to influence others adopting appropriate styles towards individuals and situations speaking with authority and able to engage positively at all levels; Able to challenge existing assumptions and generate innovative ideas based on your solid base knowledge; Able to analyse projects and problems and make effective appropriate decisions accordingly and drive your team similarly to make effective timely decisions; Able to work across multiple projects applying effective strategies to prioritise and manage your time and activities.
Contact: Kelly Howlett (Kelly.Howlett@oxinst.com)
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Product Manager Customer Service

Job Title: Product Manager Customer Service
Business: Industrial Analysis
Closing Date: 30 September 2010
Reference: IA0001
Location: Uedem (Germany), High Wycombe (UK) or Concord (US)
Responsibilities: Growth of CS business revenue and profit. Implementation of the IA CS growth strategy. Manage CS Marketing. Develop new CS products and strategies and roll out to the global market. Improve existing CS products and strategies. Analyses of CS products revenue, profitability, margins etc. Collect feedback from customers, distributors and sales on existing CS products, possible new products and customer satisfaction. Conducting campaigns for specific CS opportunities. Collect and compile competitive CS information. Provide CS product information to colleagues such as sales teams, service engineers, accounting and administrative people as required.
Technical Skills: Degree from college or technical school or equivalent from; or more then one year experience in a CS or technical sales role most suitable experience in a field CS or field sales and CS or sales manager role. Understands and manages within a technical and commercial environment. Familiar with the technical issues related to the relevant products and markets. Understands the industry trends in the relevant product area and requirements in the marketplace.
Personal Skills: Plans in order to meet business objectives. Puts in place monitoring processes and makes appropriate adjustments when progress is not as planned or when requirements change. Plans own time to maximum effect, delegating responsibility and authority appropriately. Has a sound appreciation of the current and future requirements of target customers. Establishes and exploits good, mutually beneficial customer relationships. Places customer satisfaction as the highest priority balancing it with the financial reality.
Contact: Astrid Pfaffenbach (Astrid.pfaffenbach@oxinst.com)
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Field Support Engineer XRF

Job Title: Field Support Engineer XRF
Business: Industrial Analysis
Closing Date: 31 August 2010
Reference: IA0001
Location: Uedem
Country: Germany
Responsibilities: To install, maintain and repair the IA XRF product line (complex electro-mechanical and computer controlled XRF systems) as well as providing training to operators and engineers, primarily in Germany and the German speaking territories. Establish and maintain a high degree of customer satisfaction and confidence by appropriate actions and attitude to service and support.
Technical Skills: A technical education as electrical/electronic engineer, education in the field of instrumental analysis is preferable, or equivalent education. Experience in the field of XRF handling and maintaining is preferable but not required. Cost-efficient repair/replacement of components considering efficient use of time. Ability to understand complex electro-mechanical and computer controlled XRF systems.
Personal Skills: Self-contained, diligent and enthusiastic; self-management of work and analytical thinking; ability to proceed structured in finding malfunction of systems; acting securely opposite to the customer; promoting a positive image of OI and CS in all communications with the customer, whether in person, by telephone or in writing. Ability to articulate technical issues clearly and succinctly. Ability and willingness to travel.
Contact: Astrid Pfaffenbach (Astrid.Pfaffenbach@oxinst.com)
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Group Legal Affairs Assistant

Job Title: Group Legal Affairs Assistant (16-20 hours per week, Monday - Thursday)
Business: Head Office
Closing Date: 04 August 2010
Reference: HO00001
Location: Tubney Woods, Abingdon
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: To provide administration support for the Group Legal Affairs Manager and Group Financial Controller. The majority of the work is supporting the Legal Affairs Manager by maintaining and analysing key legal registers (Company litigation register, contracts register and legal costs register), gathering information for areas of legal research and proof reading, formatting and executing legal documents as required. Also providing administrative support for Group Finance department, arranging annual conference, providing work processing support for Group Report and Accounts and updating bank mandates on a rolling basis.
Technical Skills: Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and Powerpoint). Preferably educated to Degree level. Experience of a customer- focused, high quality administration service. Finance or legal department experience would be an advantage but not essential.
Personal Skills: Plans own time well and puts in place monitoring processes. Able to work on own initiative with excellent attention to detail and accuracy. Able to provide clear written communication and converse confidently with senior members of staff.
Contact: Lydia Armes (Lydia.Armes@oxinst.com)
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Marketing Communications Manager

Job Title: Marketing Communications Manager
Business: NanoAnalysis
Closing Date: 20 August 2010
Reference: NA00004
Location: High Wycombe
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: Develop and implement marketing communications messages, campaigns and operational activities. Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing activities and spend, adapting plans and tasks accordingly. Manage the concepts, content and distribution of marketing collateral, both physical and web-based. Manage press relations, delivering press releases, technical articles and other promotions, obtaining input from sales, technical & customer sources and working with media publishers/editors to obtain placement. Provide central support to exhibition, conferences and seminars to ensure that the brand identity and up to date product messaging is implemented. Provide full marking communications support to new product launches.
Technical Skills: Significant experience in marketing communications, including B2B, international and technology-product marketing experience. Graduate or equivalent. Recognised professional marketing training desirable. Science background and/or appreciation of microanalysis marketplace an advantage.
Personal Skills: Experienced user of MS Office, Acrobat Professional and content management systems. Knowledge of MS Sharepoint would be an advantage. Familiar with and abreast of web development issues and opportunities. In-depth understanding of the marketing communications process and how it adds value to the business.
Contact: Vicki Potter (vicki.potter@vpconsulting.co.uk)
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Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Business: Plasma Technology
Closing Date: 20 August 2010
Reference: PT00002
Location: Yatton, Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: Responsible for implementing purchasing strategy and direction within the commodity group. Develop and implement a vendor base development strategy consistent with the overall strategy of the business. Create, implement and manage purchasing improvement initiatives that deliver measurable benefit to OIPT including: Material cost reduction via consolidation and negotiation; vendor development, measurement, selection, and reduction; inventory reduction, including external stock holdings; business simplification programmes; lead time reduction programme, including Kan Ban system for core product; vendor involvement in new product introduction. Responsible for the day-to-day management of allocated suppliers, ensuring the PT team is focused and delivers on existing objectives of improving material supply.
Technical Skills: Qualified in a technical/engineering discipline, preferably to degree level, but must have at least a strong engineering background and understanding. CIPS or equivalent essential. Significant experience estimating and buying in aerospace, machining or similar manufacturing companies. Current in purchasing “Best practice” processes and procedures. Experience in measuring and monitoring performance to drive improvement
Personal Skills: Team motivator and talent developer; Project management skills and strong negotiation and contracts management skills.
Contact: Vicky Potter (vicki.potter@vpconsulting.co.uk)
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Graduate Process Engineer

Job Title: Graduate Process Engineer
Business: Nanoanalysis
Closing Date: 13 August 2010
Reference: NA00002
Location: High Wycombe
Country: United Kingdom
Responsibilities: You will join our fast paced Operations team to identify and drive process improvements to deliver World Class performance in the manufacture of our industry-leading microanalysis equipment. We offer an innovative, challenging and exciting working environment, with opportunity to learn from experienced engineering professionals. This would be an ideal role for a graduate looking to develop a career in product development or applications engineering.
Technical Skills: A good degree in Physics or Electronics Engineering. Evidence of practical problem solving skills. Able to articulate technical issues clearly and succinctly. Interest in learning statistical process control techniques and improvement methodologies.
Personal Skills: Self starter prepared to learn from others. Ability to apply theoretical basis to complex processes
Contact: Vicki Potter (Vicki.potter@vpconsulting.co.uk)
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Customer Service Engineer

Job Title: Customer Service Engineer
Business: Industrial Analysis
Closing Date: 30 August 2010
Reference: IA10110
Location: Concord, MA
Country: United States
Responsibilities: To provide on site product installation and ensure the operation of assigned systems options to factory performance specifications; provide customer training ensuring the customer is aware at all times of the correct method to obtain basic results, basic safety and system care; troubleshoot and repair all assigned systems to the appropriate level ensuring that the system is returned to full operation in accordance with its performance specification and within a cost effective time frame for the company and the customer.
Technical Skills: BS degree in Physics, Chemistry or the Physical Sciences or three to six years related experience and/or training; knowledge of electronics and PC based instrumentation; previous experience with spectroscopic techniques and with XRF a plus.
Personal Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skiils; excels with working within a Windows environment and familiar with Microsoft office; willingness to travel up to 60%; establishes good customer relationships and has a strong customer orientation; high level of personal orientation.
Contact: Marianne Gruber (marianne.gruber@oxinst.com)
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