Manufacturing Engineer - PCE Production Support M-F

Published 09.12.2026 Company :
Safran Electronics & Defense Job field :
Industrial Engineering Location :
Wolverhampton , England , United Kingdom Contract type :
Permanent Contract duration :
Full-time Professional status :
Employees / Staff Published 09.12.2026

Job Description Safran – Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

About Safran Actuation Systems UKSafran Actuation Systems UK is a world class centre for the design, manufacture and support of cutting-edge actuation and flight control solutions used across commercial, military and rotary platforms. With major sites in Wolverhampton and Banbury, our teams play a critical role in delivering innovative, reliable and safe systems that keep aircraft performing at their best.

Your Role You will be responsible for defining, developing, and implementing advanced manufacturing technologies that enhance capability, efficiency, flexibility, and competitiveness across the Actuation business.

Acting as the technical expert for advanced production systems, you will lead the evaluation, validation, and deployment of new manufacturing methods, equipment, automation, robotics, and digital technologies.

You will define technology roadmaps, lead feasibility studies, trials and proof-of-concept activities, and support business cases and capital investment justification.

You will ensure new technologies are aligned with product requirements, manufacturing processes, and strategic objectives, with risks mitigated through validation, capability studies, and technology readiness assessments.

You will support the transition of new technologies from concept through industrialisation and into production, ensuring operational readiness, knowledge transfer, and process documentation.

Overall, you will provide technical leadership in advanced production systems, accelerate technology adoption, reduce technical risk for future programmes, and deliver sustainable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and manufacturing capability.

Key Responsibilities Production Systems & Technology Development-Act as the technical authority for advanced manufacturing technologies and production systems.

-Define technology roadmaps and identify opportunities to improve manufacturing capability, flexibility, efficiency, and competitiveness.

-Lead feasibility studies, trials, proof-of-concept activities, technology validation, and readiness assessments.

Industrialisation & Production Readiness-Support NPI activities and ensure manufacturing technology requirements are incorporated into production systems.

-Lead the introduction of new technologies into production and conduct capability and validation activities.

Automation, Digital Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement-Drive automation, robotics, digitalisation, connected manufacturing, and Smart Factory initiatives.

-Lead data-driven improvement activities

Job Requirements Essential :

-Degree or apprentice trained in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field-Experience developing and implementing new manufacturing technologies or automation solutions-Strong understanding of process validation, capability studies, and industrialisation principles-Experience leading trials, proof-of-concept activities, and production implementation-Knowledge of lean manufacturing and structured problem-solving methodologies-Ability to build business cases and support capital investment justification-Strong data…