Job Description
Next Generation Products (NGP) is part of British American Tobacco Group, focused on developing and delivering high quality nicotine alternatives to adult smokers in the key areas of Vapour and Tobacco Heating Products. In NGPs, our aim is to provide consumers with a compelling range of inspiring products that drive change. This means developing products that meet consumer needs and, by driving change, will reduce the public health impact of tobacco.
The responsibility of this role is to lead the continuous improvement of THP devices to improve product quality and reduce product cost.
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Lead R&D continuous improvement projects such as:
Briefing device development to external partners
Project manage initiatives ensuring progress to plan / budget
Facilitate design reviews and manage relevant stage gate documentation
Communicate project status to stakeholders and Senior Management
Support commercialization stage
Conduct root cause analysis into device quality issues and product returns
Develop design solutions to address product quality and / or performance issues
Review and manage device engineering documentation including engineering drawings, test reports and technical manuals
Lead the development of design verification tests to ensure that new designs are robust and will prove reliable in the field
To influence and coordinate cross functional teams including internal and key external partnerships critical in the delivery of projects and initiatives so as to have most effective use of internal/external resource and expertise
To operate as an advisor and collaborator with the wider NGP space to build robustness and technical capability
Job Benefits and Offers
Base salary from £43,200 to £54,000 per year, depending of relevant experience
Bonus target 15% of annual base salary
25 days annual leave
Participation in Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme
Participation in Company Share Reward Scheme
Company Pension Scheme
Private Healthcare Cover
Eligibility for Company Flexible Benefits Scheme
Job Requirements
Equivalent to Beng Mechanical Engineering degree or Materials/Physics Degree.
Experience in the design of high volume consumer electronics products
Experience in designing injection moulded components
Experience in preparing engineering specifications
Good knowledge of manufacturing technologies and design for manufacture
Good knowledge of testing and measuring techniques for product quality and product performance
Good understanding of quality management including APQP
Experience in project management ideally Prince2 practitioner
Excellent problem solving skills and experience in using a variety of fault finding techniques
Good overall communication skills including report writing and presentations
Good leadership skills and an ability to produce clear and simple plans
Desired Skills
Experience in the use of CAD packages, specifically Solidworks but others also desirable
Experience in preparing engineering drawings
Knowledge of thermodynamics together with experience of using FEA for modelling would be beneficial
Good knowledge of materials science and experience in selecting materials for given applications
Knowledge of ISO 13485 is desirable
Knowledge of PCB designs and batteries would be desirable
V-model method for validation planning
The ability to setup production processes including scrap, rework and reclaim parameters
Job Details
Company/Organization: British American Tobacco - BAT
Vacancy Type: Full-time Job
Job Functions: Engineering
Job Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: N/A
