Gooch & Housego are Global Leaders in Photonic Engineering
G&H is a photonics technology business headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with operations in the USA and Europe. We work with OEM customers worldwide, providing optical systems, assemblies and components often deployed in harsh environments. Our engineering is driving innovation and change in many areas of application and markets.
We are a world leading photonics engineering group; experts in the technology of light. We provide components and subsystems critical to the functioning and differentiation of our customers’ systems.
Over seven decades we have built a reputation for supplying products that are hard to make, are of a high quality, and have a long in-service lifetime.
Our Culture
Drive and determination with the desire to overcome obstacles and get the job done through self-motivation and initiative are really important to future success. Continuous improvement – a passionate belief that we must always strive to do better – is a core principle for us.
Teamwork is also vital – working collaboratively with colleagues and founded on high levels of mutual trust and respect. Trust in G&H is created by everyone taking responsibility for their own work and actions to do a great job. We also value different opinions to help create solutions for our customers.
Career Development
In return, we recognise and incentivise individual and team contribution when working at G&H to ensure our sustained growth and continuous improvement.
We have a solid track record in spotting and developing talented people at all career – stages, and we’re especially keen to encourage more women and colleagues from ethnically diverse backgrounds into engineering and leadership positions.