Job Title:  Field Service Engineer (Shanghai)

Location: 

Shanghai, CN, 200131

Business Unit:  Taylor Hobson
Posting Date:  Aug 14, 2025
Job Description: 

An interesting opportunity has arisen for a Field Service Engineer (Shanghai) within our Business Unit.

 

Primary Responsibilities

  • Diagnose and resolve instrument fault conditions and/or measurement issues during distress breakdown situations on customer site.

  • Carry-out Ametek-care preventative maintenance and calibration visits on customer site in line with contractual requirements.

  • Install and commission instruments on customer site to specification in line with relevant documentation (for example IMS) and customer contract, paying particular attention to any additional acceptance requirements (for example GR&R).

  • Provide operator and metrology training during installation in line with the customer contract, or at any other time as dictated by customer order.  

  • Advise on instrument siting, including necessary electrical/pneumatic installations, electrical safety and environmental conditions.

  • Advise on safe product handling during installation and/or decommissioning.

  • Provide routine instrument maintenance training during installation where detailed in the customer contract, or at any other time as dictated by customer order.

  • Visit Taylor Hobson head office in the UK to complete customer pre-acceptance and/or buy off as required.

  • Visit Taylor Hobson head office in the UK to complete Accredited Service Engineer training on new products, or to renew accreditation as required.

  • Provide on-site and internal training for local colleagues and/or new starters as appropriate.

  • Assemble, disassemble, pack or move, customer equipment to Taylor Hobson specification and customer satisfaction.

  • Provide customer and technical support for the local market.  Customer contact as required to underpin day to day working requirements.

  • Communicate technical and commercial issues using the relevant documentation (for example Warranty Parts Claim Form) as appropriate to resolve local customer issues and/or provide feedback on design or quality issues.

  • Support Sales exhibitions as required.

  • Build and/or recondition metrology instruments as directed to support Used Trading sales.

  • Plan and organise travel schedules, hotel arrangements and tooling/calibration artefact requirements for allocated work to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Complete all necessary documentation as directed to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Manage credit card and money advances prudently in line with ACES expense claims policy and local budget.

Business Unit

Established in 1886, Taylor Hobson is the world leader in surface and form metrology and developed the first Roundness and Surface Finish measuring instruments.

We provide contact and non-contact measurement solutions for the most demanding applications on a global basis, with a worldwide infrastructure to support our clients; we are a truly global ultra-precision metrology company.

We are pioneers, continually developing our products to meet the ever-increasing demands of next generation technologies, particularly in Optics, Bearings, Space, Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, Medical and Renewable Energy technologies.

Taylor Hobson's world leading brands include: Talyrond®, Form Talysurf® PGI, Form Talysurf® i-Series, Surtronic®, LUPHOScan, Formalysurf® PGI Optics, Talyvel®, Autocollimators, Micro-Alignment Telescope and AMECare.

Taylor Hobson is part of the Ultra Precision Technologies Division of AMETEK, Inc. which is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices.

Website: www.taylor-hobson.com

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility.  AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.