Hands-On NPI Production Engineer: From Prototype to Release

Holt Engineering; Wickham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Wickham is seeking a Production Engineer to drive NPI activity from prototype through to production release. You will create build documentation, develop tooling and lead production handover with cross‑functional teams.

You will troubleshoot electro‑mechanical products, support validation and testing, and help improve manufacturability and process controls before full production begins.

Qualifications

• Experience in Production Engineering, NPI Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Able to create work instructions, build documentation and production handover packs.
• Comfortable identifying manufacturability issues and suggesting practical improvements.
• Experience troubleshooting electro‑mechanical products, assemblies or test equipment.
• Able to work from drawings, schematics, diagrams and specifications.
• Confident supporting validation, testing, build issues and root cause investigations.
• Good communication skills across design, production, quality and project teams.
• Organised, hands‑on and comfortable maintaining accurate technical records.

Responsibilities

• Manage NPI activity to ensure new products are ready for production.
• Prepare build plans for prototype and pilot production activity.
• Create work instructions using build photos and lessons learned.
• Support prototype builds, validation testing and production readiness reviews.
• Identify and resolve manufacturability, assembly and test issues.
• Design or support tooling, fixtures and process documentation.
• Take part in design reviews and recommend practical improvements.
• Define acceptance criteria, test limits and pass/fail requirements.
• Investigate build issues, test failures and non‑conformances.
• Support production transfer, including documentation, training and handover.
• Train manufacturing staff on new products, build methods and process changes.
• Support electro‑mechanical troubleshooting, assembly, inspection and test activity.

Skills

NPI Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional communication

Job description

Holt Engineering in Wickham is seeking a Production Engineer to drive NPI activity from prototype through to production release. You will create build documentation, develop tooling and lead production handover with cross‑functional teams.

You will troubleshoot electro‑mechanical products, support validation and testing, and help improve manufacturability and process controls before full production begins.