Senior Technician in Digital Manufacturing

Our Mission

Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. We are driven by our passionate belief in the transformational power of education and research to enable and empower our students, colleagues and partners and to improve the world around them. Our people are key to our success and each role contributes to the Group’s ongoing progress in communities around the world.

The Role

The Research Centre for Manufacturing and Materials (CMM) is recruiting a Senior Technician in Digital Manufacturing to support Project RESTORE, Recycling & Second-Life Technology for Energy Storage. Based within the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), you will help deliver practical digital tools and reliable technical evidence to support the assessment, repair, remanufacture, reuse and recycling of electric vehicle batteries.

RESTORE brings together university and industrial expertise to connect battery diagnostics with traceable records, routing decisions and pilot operations. Coventry University contributes digital manufacturing, digital twins, extended-reality work instructions and analysis to support the development and scale-up of circular battery services. You will work with researchers, engineers and project partners to turn these activities into working demonstrators and usable datasets.

You will help configure sensors, data acquisition equipment and digital interfaces; prepare and maintain test setups; capture and check experimental and pilot-process data; and support dashboards and digital product passport records. You will assist with preparing model inputs, checking simulation outputs against observed processes, and developing digital or extended-reality work instructions. You will document configurations, maintain equipment and software records, troubleshoot faults and support demonstrations and partner-site trials.

Qualifications Required

An HNC, HND, relevant technical apprenticeship or equivalent qualification in engineering, electronics, automation, computing or a related discipline, or equivalent practical technical experience. Relevant additional training in instrumentation, industrial data systems or electrical safety would be advantageous.

Our Successful Candidate

You will have practical experience of supporting engineering experiments, industrial systems or digital manufacturing activities. You will be able to configure and troubleshoot relevant hardware and software, collect reliable data and maintain clear technical records. You will take a careful approach to data quality, equipment checks and safe working.

You will bring experience in at least one area such as instrumentation and data acquisition, industrial connectivity, automation, technical computing, simulation support or digital visualisation, with a willingness to learn across the project. The ability to manipulate data using appropriate software or scripting tools and to communicate effectively with engineering and research colleagues will be important.

Experience of digital twins, dashboards, databases, digital traceability, extended reality, battery diagnostics or electric vehicle systems would be advantageous. You will be organised, collaborative and comfortable supporting time-sensitive project milestones, with occasional travel to partner facilities as required.

The Benefits

As a staff member of Coventry University, you will have a access to a wide range of industry leading rewards and benefits which includes:

• Excellent Employers Pension Contribution
• 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days
• Life Assurance 4 x Salary
• BUPA Cash Plan
• 50% off Tuition Fees for staff dependants
• CU Reward Scheme – Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers
• New Electric Car Scheme
• Cycle To work scheme

Our Culture

As a global Education Group, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded within the fabric of our organisation and are a key focus of our core values. We harness the power and potential of the diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences of our students, colleagues, and partners to create opportunities for all.

Full Job Description & Person Specification

For informal enquiries regarding this post, please contact Professor Marcos Kauffman, Director of the Research Centre for Manufacturing and Materials and the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering, at ac5376@coventry.ac.uk