Manufacturing Senior NPI Engineer

Location: Sedgefield

Baltic Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Permanent Manufacturing Senior NPI Engineer for a client located in Sedgefield. Our client are an award-winning company, designing and manufacturing world-leading RF, microwave and millimetre-wave (mmWave) solutions that enable mission-critical applications principally across the space and defence sectors.

As their business continues to grow, they're looking for a Senior NPI Engineer to play a key role in introducing innovative RF and microwave products into manufacturing. Working at the interface between engineering and production, you'll help ensure new products transition smoothly from concept and prototype through to stable, high-quality, repeatable manufacture.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with advanced RF technologies, collaborating with talented engineers while making a real impact on products that are used around the world.

You'll support the introduction of new RF and microwave products into manufacturing, helping ensure they are robust, scalable and capable of meeting demanding performance requirements.

Working closely with the Lead NPI Engineer, RF Design, Mechanical Engineering, Test, Quality and Manufacturing teams.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Lead NPI Engineer, RF Design, Mechanical Engineering, Test, Quality and Manufacturing teams, you'll:

Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities from prototype through to production release.
Develop and optimise manufacturing processes for new products.
Contribute to Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) activities.
Analyse RF test data to improve product performance, manufacturing yield and process capability.
Investigate manufacturing and RF performance issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
Support production ramp-up and continuous improvement activities.
Design and implement manufacturing tooling and fixtures where required.
Produce clear technical documentation, manufacturing procedures and engineering reports.

Manufacturing Senior NPI Engineer Applicants:

We're looking for an engineer who enjoys solving technical manufacturing challenges and working across multiple engineering disciplines, with:

HND, degree or equivalent practical experience in Electronic Engineering, RF Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline.
Experience introducing new RF and microwave products into manufacturing.
A background within RF, microwave, electronics, aerospace, defence, semiconductor or similar high-precision manufacturing environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret technical data.

Experience of manufacturing process development and continuous improvement.
Knowledge of structured problem-solving techniques such as 8D, DMAIC or FMEA.
Experience using Statistical Process Control (SPC) and process capability analysis would be advantageous.
Familiarity with RF test equipment such as Vector Network Analysers (VNAs), Spectrum Analysers and Signal Generators would be beneficial.

Company Benefits:

Competitive salary of £50,000 to £70,000
37.5 hour working week
25 days' holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
Contributory pension scheme with up to 8% company contribution
Life Assurance
Income Protection Insurance
Save As You Earn (SAYE) share scheme
Electric Vehicle (EV) scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Volunteering day
Learning and development opportunities
Hybrid working available

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of RF and microwave technology within an ambitious, growing business that values innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence.

You'll work alongside highly skilled engineers on technically challenging projects, helping develop products that support some of the world's most demanding communications, aerospace, defence and space applications