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Electronics Service Engineer - Coventry - £30k - £36k 
A leading manufacturer of complex Electronic / Electrical systems seeks an enthusiastic Electronics Service Engineer to join the friendly service and support team. The company is a leader in their field with a superb technology in development and manufacture. The role involves, service support, optical assembly, test and characterisation of the systems. You will have a background in the servicing of electronic systems and ideally have worked on complex large systems.
Responsibilities of Electronics Service Engineer

Provide engineering support to customers UK and Worldwide. (90% in-house service role)
Perform fault diagnosis, preventative maintenance, system repair,
customer and distributors engineering staff training, installation, and a variety of other technical support activities.
Provide customers with telephone and email technical and fault-finding support
Deliver customer/distributors training as required.
Carry out installations from planning through to customer acceptance
Identify opportunities for improvement. This to include product design and business process improvements.
Work with the sales management team to identify and develop sales opportunities. Requirements of Electronics Service Engineer

Recent and relevant experience working as a Test Technician, Service Engineer, maintenance engineer providing electronics service and support, test and repair of complex electronic / electrical systems.
HND or Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineer, optics, photonics, laser, Physics or similar.
Strong communication and documentation skills.   
Vacancy Location – Coventry ( Commutable from Northampton, Oxford, Rugby, Milton Keynes, Birmingham )
  
Salary - £30-£36K + benefits
  
For more details contact Adam ((url removed) ) at Vector Recruitment Ltd, ( (phone number removed) )

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