Senior Electronics Manufacturing Engineer – Flight‑Ready UK Production

Tekever Corporation; Swindon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension matched up to 10%

25 days annual holiday

8 Bank holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Salary sacrifice (EV/Cycle 2 Work/Tech

Discretionary annual company bonus

Job summary

TEKEVER is expanding its UK production capability in Swindon, seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will be on the shop floor, shaping processes and standards for AR3, AR3 EVO and AR5 platforms. You will drive tech transfer from Portugal, establish a UK-based production system, and act as the technical authority linking Product Engineering, Production, Quality and Supply Chain.

You will own process validation, documentation, and continuous improvement, ensuring repeatable, flight‑ready

Qualifications

• Hands-on SMT, through-hole and harness assembly experience.
• Practical IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 use in production.
• AS9100/ISO 9001 production environment experience.
• NPI and industrialisation experience for electronic assemblies.
• Process validation and manufacturing documentation authorship.

Responsibilities

• Design, document and prove out SMT, through-hole and harness assembly processes.
• Apply IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 acceptance criteria to real production decisions.
• Lead tech transfer of established electronics build processes from Portugal to Swindon.
• Specify tooling, fixtures and test equipment for electronics assembly cells.
• Own PFMEAs, control plans and process validation for electronic assemblies.
• Lead root cause analysis on soldering, placement and harness defects.
• Take electronic assemblies from prototype into repeatable volume production.
• Provide DFM feedback into design reviews with Product Engineering.
• Write and maintain controlled work instructions for your area.
• Train and support operators against IPC workmanship standards.

Skills

SMT assembly

Through-hole

Harness assembly

IPC-A-610

IPC/WHMA-A-620

PCB assembly

Root cause analysis

ESD control

AOI

CAD/ERP/PLM

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

ERP/MES

PLM

CAD

Job description

TEKEVER is expanding its UK production capability in Swindon, seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will be on the shop floor, shaping processes and standards for AR3, AR3 EVO and AR5 platforms. You will drive tech transfer from Portugal, establish a UK-based production system, and act as the technical authority linking Product Engineering, Production, Quality and Supply Chain.

You will own process validation, documentation, and continuous improvement, ensuring repeatable, flight‑ready