Vacancy : 2025 - 2812

Contract type: 4 Month Temporary Contract

Ricardo’s Performance Products division is looking for a confident and competent Prototype Build Technician to support our growing portfolio of driveline testing projects. You will have a strong background in strip and build of prototype Transmission systems.

Responsibilities 

• Strip and build of prototype transmissions, following prototype build manuals with support from engineering team. Identify and implement improvements in build processes and learning for future phases.
• Fault finding of transmission build and manufacturing issues.
• Strip and inspection of unfamiliar transmissions without instruction.
• Have a fundamental understanding of different transmission types, functions, and components.
• Carry out instrumentation and modifications of test unit as per engineering request.
• Raising of issues found during build (reporting to relevant engineer). Participation in subsequent 8Ds.
• Ability to understand and adhere to storage/part picking process (with assistance from Engineering teams)
• Responsible for maintaining good housekeeping of facilities and workshops.

Knowledge and Experience

• Extensive experience of a large range of complex assemblies in a prototype build environment.
• Experience of interpreting engineering drawings to a high level and the ability to validate manufactured parts quality.
• Familiar with accurate measurement techniques and able to utilise these to support bespoke build characteristics (Manual or CMM)
• Fabrication/modification experience on bespoke hardware.
• Machining experience (lathe/ mill / pillar drill / welder, etc.)
• Good mechanical understanding of prototype build processes and ability to identify design and manufacturing faults.

Skills and Behaviours 

• Excellent troubleshooting skills with a logical mindset.
• Self-motivated and resilient.
• Able to work to flexibly to achieve deadlines.
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar tasks with limited guidance or supervision.

Working with Ricardo

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Wellbeing and work life balance

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, careers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance program.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.

Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.