New Product Introduction – Lead Engineer
If you look at a new product and immediately started thinking about tooling, fixtures, manufacturing risks, assembly methods and production flow, keep reading.
This role sits at the centre of engineering, manufacturing, quality and supply chain. You’ll take new products from concept through to stable production, making sure every stage is planned, validated and ready to manufacture. You’ll own the engineering journey before production ever begins.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading New Product Introduction projects from prototype through to full production.
- Designing tooling, jigs, fixtures and work holding using Siemens NX.
- Running DFMEA and PFMEA workshops to identify and remove risk before it becomes a problem.
- Driving APQP activities and ensuring projects pass every gate with confidence.
- Supporting prototype builds, validation and production trials.
- Working closely with Design, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain to make sure every project lands successfully.
- Creating robust manufacturing documentation including Control Plans, work instructions and production documentation.
- Solving manufacturing problems before production sees them.
You’ll enjoy this role if…
You like asking “How are we going to build this?”
You enjoy improving manufacturing processes as much as designing components.
You like bringing structure to complex engineering projects.
You prefer preventing problems rather than firefighting them.
You enjoy working with experienced engineers across multiple disciplines and influencing technical decisions.
We’re looking for someone with
- Strong experience delivering NPI programmes within manufacturing.
- Siemens NX experience.
- Experience designing tooling, jigs, fixtures or work holding solutions.
- Strong knowledge of APQP.
- Hands-on experience leading DFMEA and PFMEA activities.
- Experience with prototype builds, validation and production readiness.
- Experience within aerospace, motorsport, automotive or another precision manufacturing environment would be an advantage.
- Ability to work in the UK without sponsorship
Why join?
You’ll work on technically demanding products, influencing how products move from concept to production. You’ll have genuine ownership rather than simply supporting someone else’s programme, working alongside experienced manufacturing, quality and design engineers who value good engineering decisions.
If your favourite part of engineering is turning great ideas into repeatable manufacturing processes, we’d like to hear from you.
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