About the placement

You will work on a large team reporting into the Principal Engineer and will learn how to maintain the specialised equipment to ensure we meet strict production requirements. You will be involved in various levels of maintenance and will gain an understanding of the tool maintenance programmes, safety principals, housekeeping routines and the correct use of tooling and instrumentation procedures. Through this work you will eventually gain valuable fault finding skills to enable to you solve problems and provide resolutions to equipment issues.

Please be aware that this position requires you to wear fully protective clothing whilst working in the cleanroom environment.

You will also:

• Learn how to make a positive contribution in a multiskilled team
• Understand how your work impacts our customers
• Develop sound housekeeping practices and work to the 5S principals
• Attend training workshops whilst working diligently and professionally

This is a truly exciting position giving you the chance to learn all about our tools, production processes and equipment maintenance on truly fascinating toolsets.

About the business

Nexperia is a high-tech global research, development, and manufacturing company with over 14,00 employees worldwide, working together to create power management products for a sustainable future.  We specialise in various types of semiconductors (more commonly known as microchips) for use in digital consumer products, industrial applications, or the automotive market.

These products include devices you use every day including the latest smartphones, smart wearables, hairdryers, washing machines and much more. In fact, we produce over 100 billion devices each year which is nearly 10% of the global market share. Many of our products are also used in the everchanging automotive market with a focus on electric vehicles, enabling us to help the UK work towards Net Zero targets.

About the T Level – Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing

Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:

• working within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors – an understanding of how materials, conditions and context influence design processes and products
• essential mathematics for engineering and manufacturing – a knowledge and understanding of mathematics including standard matrices and determinants and standard trigonometry
• materials and their properties – understanding material processing techniques and their effects on materials and material quality, the condition of materials, how these are managed, and materials testing methods and techniques
• business, commercial and financial awareness – basic commercial principles including commercial priorities and markets, customers/clients/partners and resource allocation

This T Level course is currently on offer in Greater Manchester at:

• Bolton College
• Hopwood Hall College
• The Manchester College
• Tameside College

This placement may not be available with all colleges or providers. Please speak to your college or provider for more information about which placements may be available to you.