Production Design Support Engineer

Important

All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and must hold British Nationality as their sole / primary nationality.

The role offers flexible & hybrid working. It would be beneficial to be on-site 3-4 days a week, depending on the project needs and working remotely other days.

As part of expansion plans, it has become necessary to expand the product design support capability within the team to enable the manufacturing team to continue to deliver the systems at the quality and rate we require.

The Production Design Support Engineer will be embedded within the production facility to be the first line of support and co‑ordination of resolution for production design queries on behalf of the project teams, to improve production yield and ensure programme targets are achieved.

The Production Design Support Engineer will be working with a small team of dedicated engineers in a fast‑paced but friendly and inclusive manufacturing environment. The team has a great mix of people, ranging from apprentices and graduates through to time served experienced engineers, all striving to deliver technical excellence across a number of different systems in development and production.

The Production Design will be supported in accessing expertise across a number of engineering disciplines (systems, electronics, electrical, mechanical and software) to effectively produce root cause analysis for design queries against the defined production standard in build, provide technical insight and reports to aid resolution of the query, as well as oversee implementation of corrective actions.

• Provide a point of contact within the manufacturing facility to gather data, run investigations and respond to production design queries with the remotely located system design authorities
• Establish an effective tracking and control system to support status and progress of the system related production design queries
• Utilise established engineering toolsets (IBM PLM suite, SAP, …) to correctly locate, convey and manage design data
• Provide guidance to the manufacturing teams of any deviations to the published design baseline and consider the impact to certification as part of the query resolution process
• Establish and promote formal diagnosis methodologies to identify the root cause and report corrective action recommendations
• Gather evidence from the shop floor to provide back to the design authority
• Lead technical progress meetings with the relevant Project Team and / or Supplier
• Where necessary, place work packages on the design teams to implement design changes, monitoring the cost at completion and the Unit Production Cost (UPC) impact of the recommendations

• An experienced product design engineer, design authority or technician, who has worked in product development across the design lifecycle including the transfer into manufacturing
• An ability to take a methodical approach using varied knowledge of engineering disciplines in order to illicit the right support from the wider business in diagnosing faults and failures
• Have a good understanding of quality management systems to enable the control of product through the delivery system
• Have a good understanding of PLM tools and able to navigate and understand build structures, and supporting documentation
• Experience of using formal problem‑solving methods such as 8D investigations
• Able to convey technical design and manufacturing information in a clear and concise way to a remotely located design authority
• Proactive in responding to requests from the manufacturing team and form ad‑hoc peer‑based teams to respond to short‑term problem solving and ensure a timely resolution

• Experience in the Defence or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
• Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous.

• Bonus :
  Up to £2,500 (based on performance).
• Pension :
  Up to 14% total contribution.
• Parental Leave :
  Enhanced parental, maternity, and shared parental leave.
• Flexi Leave :
  Up to 15 additional days.
• Facilities :
  On‑site perks like subsidised meals and free parking.
• Training and Development :
  Excellent…