Manufacturing Engineer

Future Talent Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Talent Group is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their team in Swindon. This role involves leading New Product Introduction efforts and ensuring efficient production processes for advanced aerospace systems.

The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience with electrical assembly and production integration in a highly regulated environment. You'll work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to scale innovative products from prototype to full-rate manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience leading NPI or production transfer projects.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing ramp up activities.
• Hands-on experience with systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead New Product Introduction and industrialisation activities.
• Capture manufacturing knowledge into production processes.
• Maintain manufacturing documentation for production teams.

Skills

New Product Introduction

Manufacturing process development

Electrical assembly

Lean manufacturing

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer – Industrialisation & Systems Integration

Location: Swindon (5 days a week on-site)

Are you a Manufacturing Engineer who thrives on taking products from concept into scalable production? Do you enjoy defining manufacturing processes, capturing knowledge, improving production readiness, and solving complex integration challenges? This is an opportunity to join an innovative engineering organisation developing advanced aerospace and autonomous systems, where you’ll play a key role in shaping how next generation products are built and delivered.

We’re looking for a Manufacturing Engineer with experience across industrialisation, new product introduction, production transfer, and electrical or systems integration. This role sits at the heart of the manufacturing operation, ensuring products can be built efficiently, repeatedly, and at scale while supporting the integration of complex electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading and supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) and industrialisation activities from development into production
• Capturing manufacturing knowledge and converting it into controlled, repeatable production processes
• Creating and maintaining work instructions, routers, and manufacturing documentation used directly by production teams
• Developing and implementing PFMEAs, Control Plans, and process capability improvements
• Supporting production transfer and manufacturing scale up activities
• Identifying manufacturing risks and implementing robust mitigation strategies
• Defining assembly and integration processes for electrical, electronic, and mechanical

What We’re Looking For

• Experience leading or owning NPI, industrialisation, or production transfer projects
• Strong understanding of manufacturing process development and production ramp up activities
• Experience authoring work instructions and manufacturing documentation used on the shop floor
• Practical knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, process capability, and structured manufacturing methodologies
• Experience working directly with production teams to define and optimise manufacturing processes
• Hands on experience with electrical assembly, systems integration, avionics, harness installation, or related production environments
• Aerospace, defence, UAV, UAS, eVTOL, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience within startup, scale up, or production transfer environments
• APQP or equivalent gated NPI framework experience
• IPC-620 or equivalent electrical assembly standards knowledge
• Experience with propulsion systems, avionics, power electronics, or mission critical systems
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience
• Involvement in Design for Manufacture reviews and cross functional product development activities

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a fast growing engineering organisation where you’ll have genuine influence over how advanced products are industrialised, integrated, and brought into production. You’ll work on cutting edge technology, collaborate with highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, and play a key role in scaling innovative products from prototype through to full rate manufacture.