Automation & Robotics Technician — Launch Your Engineering Career

Howmet Aerospace; Exeter; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace in Exeter is seeking graduates and junior engineers for Manufacturing Engineering, offering hands-on experience, professional growth and clear development pathways. Roles operate on a swing‑shift rotation, focusing on reducing machine downtime, programming robots, and creating tooling for processes.

You will document SOPs and EMS, support automation, and help justify capital investments. A minimum of an HNC in engineering is required; CAD proficiency and the ability to read

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline is required.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• CAD proficiency with Siemens NX is advantageous.
• Experience with CNC milling and CAM (NX CAM) is advantageous.
• Experience in automation, robotics and manufacturing processes.
• Strong problem-solving and data management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical help chain for manufacturing to reduce downtime of critical manufacturing equipment.
• Create, verify and release robot programs for automated cells.
• Create, verify and release programs for other programmable manufacturing equipment.
• Design and deliver tooling and fixtures for manufacturing processes.
• Create supporting documentation for automated equipment (SOP and EMS).
• Support implementation of new advanced manufacturing equipment and automation.
• Support Senior MEs in justification of capital funding requests.
• Support cost reduction and process improvement of current manufacturing techniques.
• Work with Manufacturing to record and improve OEE of critical equipment.
• Support implementation of new manufacturing technology.
• Responsible for program storage, data back-ups and revision control for Manufacturing equipment.
• Implement and support EH&S activities.

Skills

Reading engineering drawings

Judgment & decision making

Communication & teamwork

Written & verbal communication

Robotics programming

Automation & manufacturing

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Education

HNC or equivalent in engineering

Tools

CAD software (Siemens NX)

NX CAM

Heidenhain controls

Job description

Howmet Aerospace in Exeter is seeking graduates and junior engineers for Manufacturing Engineering, offering hands-on experience, professional growth and clear development pathways. Roles operate on a swing‑shift rotation, focusing on reducing machine downtime, programming robots, and creating tooling for processes.

You will document SOPs and EMS, support automation, and help justify capital investments. A minimum of an HNC in engineering is required; CAD proficiency and the ability to read