Hands-on HTS Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Tokamak Energy; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary bonus

Share options

Pension

Health and wellbeing support

Training and career progression

Job summary

Tokamak Energy is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineering Leader to shape and develop a growing manufacturing engineering function in Abingdon, UK. The role concentrates on driving manufacturing process development, tooling and automation while mentoring a team of engineers tackling complex challenges.

The successful candidate will lead projects, deliver production-ready processes, and partner with design and test teams to scale HTS production capabilities for fusion magnet systems.

Qualifications

• Significant manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience implementing new processes, tooling or manufacturing technologies.
• Previous leadership, supervisory or mentoring experience.
• Strong hands-on engineering capability.
• Experience working in fast-paced engineering environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance technical delivery with people leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new HTS coil manufacturing and assembly processes focusing on design to manufacture.
• Lead the development of new manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Support the design, development and commissioning of tooling and machinery.
• Drive continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.
• Work closely with engineering teams to create production-ready processes.
• Support prioritisation and delivery across the manufacturing engineering team.
• Help transition novel concepts into scalable manufacturing solutions.
• Identify and implement improvements to process capability and efficiency.
• Analyse manufacturing performance and make data-driven decisions.
• Troubleshoot technical and process-related challenges.
• Mentor and develop engineers within the team.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Leadership

Tooling & automation

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on engineering

Communication

Tools

Manufacturing tooling

Automation equipment

Job description

Tokamak Energy is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineering Leader to shape and develop a growing manufacturing engineering function in Abingdon, UK. The role concentrates on driving manufacturing process development, tooling and automation while mentoring a team of engineers tackling complex challenges.

The successful candidate will lead projects, deliver production-ready processes, and partner with design and test teams to scale HTS production capabilities for fusion magnet systems.