Senior Production Engineer - AR Device Manufacturing

Jackalope Digital LLC; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Salary reviews

Cycle to Work

Staff parties

Employee referral scheme

Christmas shutdown days

Impactful work

Job summary

XYZ Reality in Reading, Berkshire, is seeking a Senior Production Engineer to lead the assembly, test and calibration of our AR devices. This hands-on role combines electrical/mechanical know-how with day-to-day leadership of the production team, moving from prototype to volume manufacturing.

Reporting to the Production & Quality Director, you will own build processes, set calibration criteria and drive efficiency, quality gates and continuous improvement across the facility.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in electrical, electronic, mechatronic or manufacturing engineering.
• Hands-on electrical/electronic engineering experience on complex products.
• Experience leading a small technical team and developing people.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assembly, test and calibration team day to day — allocating work against the build plan, developing team capability through skills matrix and cross-training, and mentoring assembly and test engineers.
• Own the robot calibration and configuration processes that set the accuracy of XYZ AR devices; own production test systems including test rigs, acceptance criteria, measurement capability and calibration control.
• Establish a measured build-and-test cycle time per unit; own manufacturing process design and improvement — cycle time, first-time-right yield, rework reduction and labour efficiency.
• Lead the move from prototype build to volume production — NPI, first-article builds, process validation, jigs and fixtures, and identifying and implementing automation opportunities.
• Lead root-cause analysis on returns and field failures and drive corrective actions to closure under ISO 9001 clause 10.2; set in-process quality gates and inspection criteria.
• Own build documentation — create and control assembly, test and calibration work instructions under the QMS; support engineering change implementation on the production side.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Robotics

Team leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Electrical engineering

Job description

XYZ Reality in Reading, Berkshire, is seeking a Senior Production Engineer to lead the assembly, test and calibration of our AR devices. This hands-on role combines electrical/mechanical know-how with day-to-day leadership of the production team, moving from prototype to volume manufacturing.

Reporting to the Production & Quality Director, you will own build processes, set calibration criteria and drive efficiency, quality gates and continuous improvement across the facility.