Senior Electronics Manufacturing Engineer - NPI & Process

Tekever; Swindon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

25 days annual holiday + 8 Bank hol

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

TEKEVER, a pioneering defence technology company, seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join its UK Swindon site and shape the production setup for AR3, AR3 EVO, and AR5 platforms. You will own manufacturing processes from raw materials to flight‑ready aircraft, including transferring proven methods from Portugal to the UK facility.

You will spend most of your time on the shop floor as the technical authority, driving resolution of production issues, leading improvement projects, and aligning

Qualifications

• Hands-on, production-based SMT, through-hole and harness experience.
• IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 applied in production.
• AS9100/ISO 9001 production environment experience.
• NPI and industrialisation for electronic assemblies.
• Process validation and manufacturing documentation authorship.
• UK SC clearance eligible; BPSS eligible from day one.

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 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 process development

Through-hole assembly

Harness and cable assembly

IPC-A-610 IPC/WHMA-A-620

PCB assembly support

Root cause analysis

ESD control programmes

AOI

CAD

ERP/MES and PLM

Tools

Tooling & fixtures selection

Job description

TEKEVER, a pioneering defence technology company, seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join its UK Swindon site and shape the production setup for AR3, AR3 EVO, and AR5 platforms. You will own manufacturing processes from raw materials to flight‑ready aircraft, including transferring proven methods from Portugal to the UK facility.

You will spend most of your time on the shop floor as the technical authority, driving resolution of production issues, leading improvement projects, and aligning