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Manufacturing Engineer - Electronics

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Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdomfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Sept 2026
💰 £75,000/yr(£55,000/yr – £75,000/yr)

About the role

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The Company

Looking for the opportunity to play a key role in establishing a brand-new UK manufacturing operation?

We're working with a leading provider of unmanned technology operating across defence, security, aerospace and advanced technology sectors. As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you'll join the business at an exciting stage of growth, helping to develop the manufacturing processes, standards and systems that will support future UK aircraft production.

This Senior Manufacturing Engineer role offers the rare opportunity to combine hands-on manufacturing engineering with process development, industrialisation and continuous improvement within a high-growth aerospace and defence environment.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, your key responsibilities will include:

Developing and improving SMT, through-hole and harness assembly manufacturing processes
Leading the transfer of established electronics manufacturing processes into the Swindon facility
Supporting NPI activities and transitioning electronic assemblies into repeatable volume production
Leading root cause investigations and implementing corrective actions to improve manufacturing performance
Working closely with Product Engineering, Production, Quality and Supply Chain teams to drive manufacturing excellence and process improvements 

This Senior Manufacturing Engineer position is highly hands-on and will see you spending significant time on the shop floor, supporting operators, solving production challenges and improving manufacturing capability.

Key Requirements

To be considered for this Senior Manufacturing Engineer role, you will need:

Hands-on experience with SMT, through-hole and harness assembly manufacturing processes
Experience applying IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards within a production environment
Experience within an AS9100, ISO9001 or similar regulated manufacturing environment
NPI, industrialisation and process validation experience for electronic assemblies
Experience producing manufacturing documentation, work instructions and process controls
Eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC) and BPSS clearance 

Experience within defence, aerospace, avionics or other highly regulated manufacturing environments would be advantageous.

What They Can Offer You

As the new Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you can expect:

Salary: Up to £75,000
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Company pension with up to 10% matched contribution
Private medical insurance
Dental insurance
Annual discretionary bonus
Salary sacrifice schemes including EV, Cycle to Work and technology schemes
The opportunity to help build and shape a new UK manufacturing capability from the ground up 

This Senior Manufacturing Engineer role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on manufacturing engineering, process ownership and driving improvements within a complex electronics assembly environment.

What Next?

If you like the sound of this Senior Manufacturing Engineer opportunity, simply click apply now.

Need more information? Please contact Tom Schwartz for a confidential conversation.

We thank you for your application in advance. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, unfortunately, we are not able to respond to every application personally; therefore, if you have not heard back from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To see our other available vacancies, please visit our website.

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