Senior Design Engineer: NPI Tooling & Process Excellence (Remote)

WIKA Group; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life integration

Mobile working

Flexible working hours

Pension scheme

Good development opportunities

Employee discounts

Attractive remuneration system

Health initiatives

Job summary

WIKA Group seeks a senior manufacturing process professional to support daily operations and lead continuous improvements across quality, throughput, and cost. You will champion process stability, PFMEA, and control plans while collaborating with engineering on DFM and NPI initiatives.

You will mentor engineers and operators, own ERP master data (routings and BOMs), and coordinate with Planning, Quality, and Supply Chain to sustain rigorous configuration control across the production lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in manufacturing or production environments.
• Proven ability to develop, validate and scale manufacturing processes.
• Experience designing and commissioning tooling, jigs and fixtures.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and CI methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical support to daily manufacturing operations and implement corrective actions.
• Lead process performance monitoring and drive improvements in quality, throughput, and cost.
• Oversee tooling design, specification, validation and lifecycle management.
• Drive NPI industrialisation and seamless transfer from R&D to production.
• Own ERP master data including routings and BOMs; ensure configuration control across lifecycle.

Education

Degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial engineering

Tools

ERP systems (D365)

Job description

WIKA Group seeks a senior manufacturing process professional to support daily operations and lead continuous improvements across quality, throughput, and cost. You will champion process stability, PFMEA, and control plans while collaborating with engineering on DFM and NPI initiatives.

You will mentor engineers and operators, own ERP master data (routings and BOMs), and coordinate with Planning, Quality, and Supply Chain to sustain rigorous configuration control across the production lifecycle.