Manufacturing Engineer

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

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.

• 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