Manufacturing Engineer - Electronics & Avionics

Capgemini Engineering; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm based in Cheltenham is seeking a skilled Manufacturing Engineer to lead non-conformance reduction and drive quality improvements. You will analyze and stabilize manufacturing processes while collaborating cross-functionally to enhance operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in electronics or avionics manufacturing along with hands-on problem-solving skills. This role offers a hybrid working model, allowing up to 70% remote work, along with numerous well-being initiatives.

Benefits

Well-being hub

Hybrid working

Digital learning platforms

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in electronics or avionics.
• Hands-on experience resolving manufacturing non-conformances.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and reliability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations into non-conformance and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to develop defect tracking metrics.
• Drive quality enhancements across manufacturing processes.

Skills

Problem-solving tools (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa)

PCB assembly

Communication skills

Lean methodologies

Continuous improvement frameworks (e.g., Kaizen)

Tools

Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

ERP tools

Job description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s mostinnovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as theyprovide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days arethe same.

Your role

Capgemini Engineering seeking a skilled and motivated Manufacturing Engineer with strong experience in electronics or avionics manufacturing to lead non-conformance reduction and drive quality, reliability, and productivity improvements. The role focuses on strengthening manufacturing processes, increasing first-time yield, and embedding a culture of operational discipline and confidence on the shop floor.

Non-Conformance & Defect Reduction

• Lead structured investigations into electronic, electrical, and avionic assembly non-conformances, driving accurate root cause analysis and implementing systematic corrective and preventive actions across PCB assemblies, wiring, avionic modules, and test processes.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to prioritise high-impact issues, while developing clear metrics and dashboards to track defect trends, validate improvements, and ensure long-term sustainability

Quality & Process Improvement

• Analyse electronic and avionic manufacturing processes to identify variability, weaknesses, and opportunities for stabilisation, while introducing robust process controls, test improvements, error-proofing, and standardised work instructions.
• Drive quality enhancements across soldering, cable / harness assembly, PCB assembly, test equipment usage, and configuration management, ensuring manufacturing documentation and build instructions are clear, accurate, and aligned with engineering requirements.

Cost Reduction & Operational Efficiency

• Quantify cost drivers from rework, scrap, test failures, and process inefficiencies, and lead cost-out initiatives through process simplification, improved tooling, and cycle-time optimisation, while collaborating with supply chain and design engineering to address manufacturability issues early.

Culture, Confidence & Capability Building

• Support operators and technicians by improving confidence in critical build processes and test procedures through coaching and training, while promoting disciplined adherence to controlled documentation and fostering a culture of ownership where issues are raised proactively and resolved collaboratively.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the technical interface across Engineering, Quality, Production, and Test teams, driving design-for-manufacture improvements for avionics / electronic assemblies, contributing engineering insight to daily production decisions, and supporting audits as the manufacturing engineering

Your profile

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in electronics, electrical, avionics, or high-integrity assembly.
• Strong understanding of PCB assembly, wiring / harness assembly, electronic test processes, or avionic module build.
• Hands‑on experience resolving manufacturing non‑conformances using recognised problem‑solving tools (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa).
• Demonstrable track record of reducing defects and improving process capability.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, traceability, configuration control, and high‑reliability manufacturing requirements.
• Confident communicator, able to influence operators, quality staff, supervisors, and design engineers.
• Comfortable working directly on the shop floor and engaging with technicians to refine or correct processes.

Desirable

• Familiarity with lean methodologies and continuous improvement frameworks (e.g., Kaizen, PFMEA, SPC).
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES), ERP tools, or NCR management platforms.

If you're excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply, your unique experience could be just what we need

What you’ll love about working here

• Well-being hub and different wellbeing initiatives
• Hybrid working up to 70%
• Possibility to work up to 45 days per year from abroad.
• Open access to digital learning platforms

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who :
Declare they have a disability, and
Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.

Need to know

All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance OR Developed Vetting.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusivefuture is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market‑leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.