NPI Manufacturing Engineer

ALTEN; Marlow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN UK is seeking a skilled NPI Manufacturing Engineer to drive improvements in a cutting-edge aerospace product. You'll collaborate with design teams to ensure the product is ready for high-volume production, focusing on automation and lean principles. Join a community of innovators and work on exciting engineering projects.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Proven experience in NPI and manufacturing engineering within aerospace or high-reliability industries.
• Comfortable working hands-on to resolve complex manufacturing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design & engineering teams to resolve design-for-manufacture issues.
• Lead NPI activities for smooth transition into high-volume production.
• Analyse and improve production processes focusing on automation.

Skills

NPI

Manufacturing Engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Tools

CAD

Job description

Company Description

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Job Description

Are you ready to help scale a cutting-edge aerospace product into high-volume production? ALTEN UK is seeking a skilled NPI Manufacturing Engineer to drive improvements on a next-gen system that's pushing boundaries in automated production. You'll work closely with design teams to refine a product that's already seen multiple design reviews—but now needs your expertise to get it right for manufacturing at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with design & engineering teams to resolve design-for-manufacture issues and optimise product readiness.
• Lead and support NPI (New Product Introduction) activities to ensure smooth transition into high-volume production.
• Analyse and improve production processes, with a strong focus on automation and lean principles.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and implement robust corrective actions.
• Identify and deliver process improvements, ensuring repeatability and scalability of production.
• Work cross-functionally with operations, quality, and design to ensure compliance with aerospace manufacturing standards.

Qualifications

Experience, skills and qualifications required:

• Proven experience in NPI and manufacturing engineering within the aerospace or other high-reliability industries.
• Strong understanding of production line automation, tooling, and fixtures.
• Comfortable working hands-on to resolve complex manufacturing challenges.
• Ability to critically assess product designs and contribute to design for manufacture (DFM) improvements.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proficient with CAD tools and capable of reading technical drawings.

Additional Information

Why join us?

We foster a community of talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities.

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies.

We prioritize your career development with personalized support plans tailored to your aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential.

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!

In short, you get:

• A personalized career path and a rewarding management style
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with premium customers
• A wide diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• A social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)