Production and Design Engineer
TipTopJob is looking for a Production and Design Engineer to join an independent company that supplies and designs powertrain components to automotive customers.
This company has expanded to a new purpose‑designed production facility and has been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise.
Location
Northamptonshire
The Role
As a Design and Production Engineer you will be part of a supportive team environment and work on challenging and interesting projects, turning ideas into precision‑engineered reality and developing innovative powertrain systems for world‑class automotive brands from prototype to production.
Key Responsibilities
* Concept and Feasibility
* Prototype Development and Validation
* Pre‑production and Industrialisation
* Production Launch and Continuous Improvement
Detailed Tasks
* CAD concepts and designs using CATIA
* Provide early design and manufacturing input to assess feasibility, cost, and capability
* Design FMEA and Manufacturing Feasibility
* Create detailed CAD models and drawings for prototype manufacture
* Plan and manage prototype builds
* Review first‑off parts
* Finalise designs for production release
* Develop and validate process flows and Standard Operating Procedures
* Ensure routings and process changes are correctly defined in ERP systems
* Lead process capability
Candidate Profile
* Strong mechanical, manufacturing, or production engineering background
* Skilled in CATIA V5
* Good understanding of production processes, tooling design, and design‑for‑manufacture principles
* Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949 and Lean manufacturing methods
* Hands‑on approach to engineering
* Good team player
Package
* GBP based on experience salary
* Company pension scheme
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Great training
Commutable From
Northamptonshire (including Northampton, Upper Heyford, Kislingbury, Daventry, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Towcester, Southam, Leamington Spa, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Coventry, Warwick, Banbury, Leicester, Market Harborough)
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