Junior Manufacturing Engineer

Reporting to the Head of Engineering / Senior Manufacturing Engineer in our contract electronic manufacturing facility, you will play a role in learning the manufacturing processes, ensuring efficient production, high‑quality output, and adherence to safety standards. Your work will be crucial in optimizing manufacturing procedures, resolving technical challenges. This role is working towards a combination of technical knowledge and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to drive innovation, enhance processes, and uphold our commitment to excellence in electronic manufacturing.

• Assist in design, develop, refine, and optimize manufacturing processes for PCBA’s, sub assemblies and box builds, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability, in New Product Introduction (NPI) as well as legacy production lines.
• Collaborate with customers to ensure manufacturability of products, providing input on design for manufacturability (DFM) principles.
• Support Lean manufacturing principles to streamline workflows, minimize waste, and improve overall efficiency.
• Assist in creating 3D printed jigs and fixtures form Poke Yoke solutions to assist in production using Fusion 360 CAD software (on the job training will be given).

• Assist in troubleshooting technical issues in production processes, participate in root cause analysis with the quality team and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Learn to become a subject matter expert on electronic manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment, offering insights and recommendations to resolve complex challenges.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in electronic manufacturing, incorporating relevant advancements into our processes and workflows.

• Maintain rigorous quality control measures and standards throughout the manufacturing process, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to investigate and address non-conformities, implementing corrective and preventive actions to mitigate risks and improve product quality.
• Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement, instilling a sense of ownership and accountability for quality throughout the organization.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including health and safety, operations, supply chain, and quality, to ensure alignment of manufacturing activities with overall business objectives.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings and project teams, providing valuable input and expertise to support decision-making and problem-solving efforts.
• Engage with suppliers and external partners to evaluate new technologies, materials, and processes, identifying opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
• Champion collaborative initiatives aimed at improving cross-functional communication, coordination, and synergy to drive organizational success.

• Assist in driving continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes, leveraging data‑driven analysis and performance metrics to identify opportunities for optimization and improvement.
• Implement best practices, tools, and methodologies for continuous improvement, such as Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard deviations, Process Capability and normalised distributions, to drive operational excellence and enhance competitiveness, analysis of process data and results to highlight areas of concern and improvement.

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