The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is seeking a highly skilled, adaptable, and self-motivated skilled engineer to provide technical support to the departmental Mechanical Services workshop.

About you

The successful applicant should have demonstrable experience in machining and manufacturing parts using a variety of conventional and CNC machine tools. In addition, the post holder will provide expert technical support to staff and students across the department and faculty. They will specify, develop, and manufacture custom mechanical systems. They will also repair, maintain, and modify new and existing experimental rigs and components. The Technical Specialist will bring expert mechanical systems knowledge to inform and influence effective design and manufacture of new rigs, and the adaptation of existing rigs. They will also have custodianship of laboratories and workshops containing specialist research equipment and contribute to the management of health and safety in these spaces. 

Applicants should have ideally served a recognised toolroom / technician / mechanical engineering apprenticeship, possess a minimum of a City and Guilds qualification or equivalent and have substantial experience of working in an engineering machine shop or toolroom environment using both CNC and conventional machine tools and associated equipment.

Knowledge and experience of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and CNC machine tool programming would be an advantage, but training will be available if necessary to develop these skills. 

Further information

This is a full time (36.5 hours per week) role and requires full time attendance on campus. Hybrid and home working are not applicable to this role.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Julian Sulley, Director of Technical Services 01225385202 / 07528974616 (js806@bath.ac.uk), Chris Carey, Technical Manager 01225383650 / 07805815521 (C.R.Carey@bath.ac.uk) or Judith Brown, Technical Supervisor  01225387765 (jb2144@bath.ac.uk). 

Please ensure you submit your application via the University website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 09 Nov 2026

Department: Technical & Experimental

Salary: £39,560 to £46,970

Join the HOLLOW SILK project, an ambitious research project funded by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) through its Universal Fabricators programme. HOLLOW SILK aims to develop a novel manufacturing platform based on engineered silk, for the production of microstructured optical fibres. By combining expertise in biomaterials, fibre manufacturing, chemistry, photonics and engineering, the project will establish innovative routes to advanced materials and structures that are difficult, or even impossible, to achieve using conventional manufacturing technologies.

 The successful candidate will play a central role in establishing, operating and maintaining the project's experimental manufacturing capabilities. Working alongside a team comprising two postdoctoral researchers at the Â鶹´«Ã½ and three further postdoctoral researchers based at Tufts University (Silklab), you will help develop, build and operate experimental fibre manufacturing and materials-processing systems. 

The team and environment

Based within the Centre for Photonics at the Â鶹´«Ã½, you will work alongside Professor William Wadsworth, Dr Rox Middleton and Dr Soraya Caixeiro, and collaborate with leading international partners including Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto and Dr Giulia Guidetti (Silklab, Tufts University) and Dr David Breslauer (USA). 

The successful candidate will join a highly interdisciplinary and international team. Alongside two Â鶹´«Ã½ postdoctoral researchers, the project includes two further postdoctoral researchers based at Tufts University, a research technician at the Â鶹´«Ã½, and administration person providing significant opportunities for collaboration, exchange of expertise and international engagement.

In this role you will

• Support the development, assembly and operation of experimental manufacturing systems and laboratory facilities.
• Design, build and modify bespoke research equipment, instrumentation and prototype manufacturing platforms.
• Assist with experimental research activities, including materials preparation, equipment operation, data collection and analysis.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, inventories, technical documentation and safe working practices.
• Provide technical support and training to researchers and students.
• Work closely with project partners to help deliver research objectives and programme milestones.

The role will also provide opportunities to contribute to process development, technology scale-up activities and the implementation of automation, monitoring and control systems where appropriate.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic and practical individual with strong technical skills and a passion for hands-on problem solving. Experience in laboratory, manufacturing, engineering or technical development environments will be highly valued, particularly in areas such as materials processing, instrumentation, automation, prototyping or process development. Candidates may come from a range of backgrounds, including industry, research organisations, apprenticeships or higher education. Familiarity with programming or scripting for automation, equipment control or data acquisition would be advantageous but is not essential. Above all, we are looking for someone who enjoys hands-on problem solving and is excited by the challenge of helping translate cutting-edge research into scalable manufacturing technologies.

Please refer to the job description and person specification below for full details of the role and candidate requirements.

Further information

This position is available for up to 36 months. We welcome applications from candidates wishing to work either full-time or part-time.

For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Soraya Caixeiro at scc201@bath.ac.uk.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Be Well at Bath

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

 

Closing Date: 01 Nov 2026

Department: Technical & Experimental

Salary: £31,861 to £38,448