Development Engineer

Development Engineer

We currently have an excellent opportunity for a Manufacturing Development Engineer to join a growing engineering company, based in Lymington.

The primary role of the Manufacturing Development Engineer will be to improve the manufacturing processes which will involve the design to concept level adaptations for machinery and automation which will reduce cost and improve the speed within the manufacturing areas.

There will be an element of hands‑on working with manufacturing equipment, machinery and automation and prototype development.

Previous development or manufacturing engineering experience, composites experience is ideal however not essential. Also a strong continuous process development background improving processes or developing new manufacturing methods would be beneficial for this role.

Identify, develop, and implement manufacturing process improvements to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost.

Design and deliver new or improved manufacturing processes, from concept and prototyping through to commissioning in production.

Drive both step‑change process innovations and incremental continuous‑improvement activities.

Support the transition of R&D concepts into repeatable, production‑ready processes.

Develop and validate automation concepts to proof‑of‑principle and prototype stage.

Specify, design, and commission manufacturing and automation equipment, working with external machine builders and integrators where required.

Work closely with engineering, operations, and quality teams to ensure manufacturing solutions meet product and business requirements.

Manage technical work packages with a structured, project‑based approach.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical capability, hands‑on approach, continuous improvement, ability to design to concept stage of machinery, equipment, automation and implementation and CAD experience. Any composites experience will be an advantage.

50K - £60K

Days Shift, Monday to Friday, flex on start and finish times

Discretionary Company Bonus

Death in Service

Group Income Protection

If this Manufacturing Development Engineer opportunity could be of interest to you, please apply and we’ll be in touch to discuss further.