Manufacturing Engineer - NPI

Overview

As a Manufacturing Engineer (NPI) at Oxford Instruments, you will lead the industrialisation and scale-up of new products, ensuring efficient, cost-effective production with top quality standards. You’ll bridge development and manufacturing across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams, solving complex technical challenges and driving continuous improvement.

This is a high-impact role in a globally recognized leader, where you help transform innovative technologies into world-class products. You will shape manufacturing readiness and ramp-up for next-generation solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave
• Private healthcare
• Share Incentive Plan
• Pension and flexible benefits package
• Structured career development and learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead industrialisation and scale-up of new and existing products
• Define manufacturing processes, layouts, tooling, fixtures, and equipment requirements
• Act as technical liaison between suppliers, production, and engineering
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation (work instructions, SOPs, routings)
• Support prototype, pilot, and pre-production builds and capture lessons learned
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Production for manufacturability and operational excellence
• Define cycle times, labour requirements, capacity planning, and line balancing
• Drive problem-solving using 8D, A3, and Root Cause Analysis
• Support product transfers from development to full-scale production and ramp-up
• Monitor performance metrics and pursue continuous improvement and cost reduction

Key requirements

• HND or Degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline
• Significant experience in electro-mechanical manufacturing or production engineering
• Proven experience leading New Product Introduction (NPI) activities
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, PFMEA, Control Plans, and APQP methodologies
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, BOMs, and technical specifications
• Excellent problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience producing technical documentation and presenting technical information clearly
• Excellent communication
• Project management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Manufacturing processes
• Process validation
• PFMEA

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