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Microsoft UK • Romsey, United Kingdom

Manufacturing Engineer - Azure Fiber

Employment type:  Full time

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83%

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79%

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Job Description

The Azure Fiber team in Romsey is seeking dynamic candidates with energy and a passion for innovation to join our team. You will be working on fabrication technologies for radically novel optical fibers, including glass preform manufacture, optical fiber drawing and associated processes.

The role will involve close interaction with the R&D team to take new fabrication methods for next generation fibers and turn them into robust and reliable processes that can be successfully transferred into volume manufacture by the production team. Additionally, you will be required to support the scaling up and automation of the new fabrication facility to meet customer demand and company ambition. As such, this role involves hands-on work in our state of the art Romsey facility.


Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

  • Contributing to the development and management of documentation in support of process technology, operating procedures and process control requirements
  • Developing and deploying process control tools and analyzing measurement data to identify trends and correlations
  • Operating and monitoring state-of-the-art optical fiber manufacturing equipment within a quality management and safety conscious environment
  • Supporting production to ensure operating procedures are poka yoke and fit for purpose
  • Managing projects to identify novel and improved manufacturing methods
  • Having key responsibilities in the development of next-generation products
  • Supporting the scale-up of the new fabrication facility in Romsey with a focus on automation and industrialization

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in manufacturing, physics, material, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering, or related field AND experience in a manufacturing environment/repair
    • OR Master's Degree in manufacturing, physics, material, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering, or related field AND experience in a manufacturing environment /repair
    • OR equivalent experience
  • Experience of problem solving and continuous improvement using lean methodologies and practices

  • Experience in the operation and use of high value capital equipment

  • Experience of cleanroom working environment and disciplines

  • Experience demonstrating capability to arrange and analyze data to identify trends and correlations

Other Requirements:

  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
    • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to work across multiple tasks methodically and efficiently and meet committed timescales
  • Able to deliver technical updates of status on agreed work schedules
  • Happy to work in a dynamic environment and adaptable to changes in priorities
  • Ability to integrate into multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams. Hands-on, creative approach to problem solving and the ability to translate engineering requests into working solutions
  • Self-starter with good interpersonal skills and a strong execution-oriented approach
  • Must be diligent, focused and thorough, taking personal pride in their work and achievement

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We asked employees of Microsoft UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
83%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
81%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
67%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
63%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
74%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
79%
Employees feel that they can mostly manage how they get their own work done

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