Full-Time

Field Service Engineer

Multiple Teams

Posted on 8/15/2025

Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics

51-200 employees

Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions

No salary listed

Oxford, UK

In Person

The job requires attending customer sites across the South West and Midlands regions.

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • Previous experience with fire/burglar alarms or other similar electronic devices.
  • Excellent customer communication skills in both writing and verbal.
  • HNC / HND in an electrical/electronic field or Equivalent understanding from work experience.
  • Working knowledge of control panel assembly and components.
  • Understanding of Health and Safety requirements for the role.
  • Knowledge of RAM’s & POWRA’s.
  • Full driving license.
Responsibilities
  • Servicing, calibrating and repairing gas detection equipment to the relevant standards.
  • Ensure all serviced products are left fully operational and tested – demonstrated to the site responsible person (recorded as such on-service paperwork).
  • Support other team members on jobs that require multiple engineers.
  • Provide customer ‘user training’ when required.
  • Work closely with the Service Admin team making sure jobs are scheduled efficiently and meeting customers’ requirements.
  • Ensure service reports are completed accurately and submit them for invoicing on time.
  • Complete RAM’s and POWRA’s when required.
  • Responsible for and accountable for the van stock holding and calibration gas holding, ensuring that it is appropriate for the customer base in your region, and that ‘life critical’ components are cycled regularly to ensure we can offer a first-time fix where possible.
  • Ensure all personal PPE is maintained within inspection expiry dates, all service clothing is clean and respectable at the start of the day, and all service equipment is ‘up to date’ and operational.
  • Build strong relationships with Area Sales Managers, providing customer insight to support sales growth.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous Field Service Engineering experience would be an advantage, but not necessary.
  • Instrument equipment service, troubleshoot/repair, commissioning and/or installation experience.
  • PLC knowledge would be helpful but not a requirement.
  • Confined Space, IPAF and Safety Passport is preferable, but training provided.

Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dunedin, Florida

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Edmund Optics partnership expands global distribution since August 2025.
  • Halma acquisition in 2004 enables cross-selling in water treatment.
  • Miniaturization trend boosts IoT and remote sensing market capture.

What critics are saying

  • Chinese manufacturers commoditize miniature spectrometers, eroding moats.
  • Halma underinvests R&D versus PerkinElmer and Shimadzu focus.
  • International Light Technologies acquisition threatens operational autonomy.

What makes Ocean Optics unique

  • Ocean Optics released world's first miniature spectrometer in 1992.
  • Pioneered modular spectroscopy for portable environmental sensing.
  • Leads in high SNR Ocean SR series spectrometers since 2023.

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Aug 12th, 2025
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EIN News
Sep 8th, 2023
Ocean Insight Announces Richard Curran as New President

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Jun 22nd, 2023
Women in Engineering Day 2023

Ocean Insight has been named the Best Place to Work in both Central Florida and New York state.

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May 3rd, 2023
Press Release: New Ocean SR series

Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.

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