Manufacturing Engineer (Industrialisation)

Overview

In this role you will drive the introduction of new and updated products into production, ensuring on-time, on-cost and high quality results. You will collaborate with design and other functions to ensure manufacturability and smooth hand-offs to operations. You will participate in design reviews, evaluate designs with 3D CAD and log issues, and lead APQP/PPAP activities and PFMEA. You will analyze capacity, tooling and line setup to optimize production processes and support customers, sales, R&T and after-market teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews and suggest improvements
• Evaluate new product designs using 3D CAD models and mock-ups; log issues
• Coordinate design for assembly/manufacture reviews and provide feedback
• Ensure development mock-ups are built to schedule
• Evaluate design, log issues and provide feedback to design engineers
• Make improvement suggestions and validate solutions
• Conduct make vs buy analysis and seek optimization opportunities
• Collaborate with purchasing and design to drive changes
• Calculate production capacity requirements and identify tooling/space needs
• Estimate build times and number of stations for new processes
• Perform line balancing of operations
• Produce APQP & PPAP documentation (process flow, PFMEA, control plan, W Instructions, MSA & capability studies)
• Prepare and lead PFMEA reviews and use outcomes to drive improvements
• Validate product design against system requirements for quality and performance
• Identify tooling/equipment requirements and write supplier specification documents

Key requirements

• B.Eng. in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Aerospace Engineering OR HND gained through an apprenticeship
• Minimum of 2 years of aerospace or automotive manufacturing experience
• Basic knowledge of design for manufacture and assembly principles
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Experience with 3D CAD modelling software
• Ability to interpret 2D drawings
• Experience with company and regulatory processes, standards and specifications

• 3D CAD modelling
• PFMEA
• APQP & PPAP
• Process documentation (work instructions)
• Line balancing
• Make vs. buy analysis

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