Why You’ll Love Working With Us
Join a high-energy, collaborative team based in the beautiful Northumberland countryside – where great ideas thrive, challenges are embraced, and people genuinely love what they do.
Here’s what our benefits have to offer:
Competitive remuneration package, with performance-related bonuses and clear progression opportunities.
25 days’ holiday + public holidays, with long-service rewards and the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
Free breakfast and freshly cooked lunches every day, courtesy of Chef Mark and his team.
Private healthcare through Aviva, keeping you feeling your best.
Life assurance for peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Salary sacrifice schemes – including EV car and Cycle to Work options for easy, sustainable travel.
Paid team socials – from quiz nights and football to board games and more; we love to have fun together.
Pension plan with up to 4% employer-matched contributions to help you plan for the future.
A culture that empowers – we enable change, encourage challenge, and celebrate personal growth.
What you’ll be doing:
* Identifying opportunities to improve production build efficiency
* Create and maintain build processes and procedures
* Investigate production yield, scrap and rework trends
* Solve problems found in production by carrying out root-cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
* Providing hands-on-support to production technicians during build, test and fault-finding activities
* Be the SME (Subject Matter Expert) for your discipline and deliver training to production technicians where required
* Define, develop and support production with in-line validation activities for new assemblies
* Design of jigs/fixtures to aid build and test activities
* Source, commission and develop plans for production FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) equipment
* Supporting NPI (New Product Introduction) from design through to volume manufacture
* Contributing to DFA (Design for Assembly) activities
* Support prototype builds
* Developing production ready documentation
What we’re looking for:
* Mechanical bias
* Understanding of different materials and coatings
* Knowledge of assembly methods; fasteners and torquing, adhesives and bonding
* Good understanding of GD&T (Geometry, Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
* Experience using Autodesk Inventor CAD package
* Experience with problem-solving methodologies such as 5-why, A3 and 8D
Essential Attributes:
The right individual will be someone with:
* A high level of attention to detail
* Experience working in a production environment
* Excellent problem-solving skills
* A high level of computer literacy
* Strong communication skills
* Strong mathematical skills
More about us:
Vision
Help protect the territory and airspace of NATO countries and their allies.
Mission
Be a world-leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence.
Values
Be a Good Egg: Earn respect, have mutual trust and be honest
Do cool stuff: We develop cool tech with an awesome team, and we get stuff done
Be empowered: We are autonomous, reliable and take personal responsibility
We are one team: Look out for each other and the team
Things go wrong: Fail fast, learn and move on
Have fun: We’re doing amazing things with passionate people
More about us (continuous growth)
As a small, fast growing company (with over 70 people which is continually expanding), we offer the opportunity for a professional to have autonomy and responsibility. You’ll directly see the impact of your efforts.
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