Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Join ICOMAT – Revolutionising the Future of Lightweight Manufacturing!

iCOMAT is an advanced manufacturing company that invented Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) - the only proven technology for producing defect-free curved-fiber composite parts at industrial scale. We deliver the lightest structures possible for aerospace, automotive, defense, and space, at a rate and cost efficiency that far exceeds existing composite production processes.

We build and operate automated factories for composite materials, delivering components to Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs. The business has three main divisions: development of automated production machines, development of software design and production tools, and operation of the factory. We work with 25+ customers and completed the largest ever Series A in composites manufacturing to fuel a significant scale-up, with growth plans that will see the business multiply in size over the next two to three years and expand operations into the UK, Europe and the US.

The business has currently more than 130,000 sqm of production capacity with manufacturing facilities in the UK (Gloucester and Swindon) and the US (Dayton, Ohio); a Hardware R&D Centre in Bristol, UK; and a Software R&D Centre in Athens, Greece.

We are seeking an experienced and hands‑on Manufacturing Engineering Lead to manage the Manufacturing Engineering and Tooling capability within an iCOMAT plant.

Each plant will have an ME Lead responsible for the local ME and Tooling teams. The role will report into the Director of Engineering and work closely with the Operations team. Day-to-day direction will come from Operations, with process standards, technical governance and longer-term strategy coming from Engineering.

This is a practical leadership role. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver technical Manufacturing Engineering work content directly, while also managing the team, setting objectives, developing capability and planning the workload.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Manufacturing Engineering experience in a production environment. Experience across both composite manufacture and metallic machining/tooling is preferred.

• Lead the plant ME and Tooling teams, setting objectives, developing capability and planning the team workload.
• Own the Manufacturing Engineering delivery plan for the plant, ensuring priorities are aligned with Operations and Engineering.
• Deliver hands‑on Manufacturing Engineering work content as part of the role, not just team management.
• Support BD with quotations, including manufacturing methodology, process assumptions, tooling requirements and costings.
• Support product design for manufacture as required.
• Create routings and BoMs for production and tooling activities.
• Create full Methods of Manufacture (MoMs), providing: