Aerospace Mfg Engineer – NPI & Systems

Future plc; Swindon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Future plc in Swindon is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to drive industrialisation and systems integration, taking products from concept to scalable production while ensuring robust processes and documentation.

You will lead NPI, develop PFMEA/Control Plans, and collaborate with electrical, avionics, and mechanical teams to deliver repeatable, high-quality production. This is a hands-on role in a fast-growing aerospace-focused environment with on-site daily collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience leading NPI or industrialisation projects.
• Experience with production transfer and ramp-up.
• Authoring work instructions and shop-floor documentation.
• Knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, process capability.
• Collaboration with production teams to define and optimise processes.
• Hands-on electrical assembly, systems integration, avionics, harness installation.
• Experience in aerospace/defence/regulated environments.
• Exposure to startup, scale-up, or transfer environments.
• APQP or equivalent NPI framework experience.
• IPC-620 or equivalent electrical assembly standards knowledge.
• Experience with propulsion systems, power electronics, or mission critical systems.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead NPI/industrialisation activities from development into production.
• Capture knowledge into repeatable production processes and docs.
• Create and maintain work instructions, routers, and manufacturing docs.
• Develop PFMEA, Control Plans, and process capability improvements.
• Support production transfer and manufacturing scale-up activities.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Define assembly and integration processes for electrical/electronic/mechanical systems.

Skills

NPI

Industrialisation

Production transfer

Electrical systems integration

Avionics

Lean manufacturing

PFMEA

Control Plans

APQP

Design for Manufacture

Job description

Future plc in Swindon is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to drive industrialisation and systems integration, taking products from concept to scalable production while ensuring robust processes and documentation.

You will lead NPI, develop PFMEA/Control Plans, and collaborate with electrical, avionics, and mechanical teams to deliver repeatable, high-quality production. This is a hands-on role in a fast-growing aerospace-focused environment with on-site daily collaboration.