Senior Manufacturing Engineer - (Electronics & Testing)
Apply remote type: On-Site
Location: Templecombe
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 15 Days Ago
Time left to apply: End Date: January 1, 2025 (11 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: R0253323
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air.
Thales Underwater Systems delivers a state-of-the-art Sonar capability for UK and International Navies. Our systems are developed for a wide range of significant defence projects, including the Astute and Dreadnought class submarines, Merlin helicopters, Type 23 frigates, and the Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel.
The Role
Thales Underwater Systems is looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with an electronic and testing bias to join our team in Templecombe, as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in our Towed Array work cell.
You will contribute to the definition, implementation, and maintenance of the Industrial Strategy for existing products and new products through day-to-day technical support to the onsite industrial footprint.
You will also play a key role within the wider Industrial footprint for key products, driving the right behaviours in Design for Manufacture within Engineering and Projects. Another key element to the role will be supporting procurement as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Industry to ensure that our supply chain delivers robust products.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
* Contributes to the Manufacturing engineering phase and the successful introduction into production of new and legacy products within a defined production centre/area.
* Works with the Engineering teams through the Design, Development and Qualification phase to review Product Defining Data (PDD) and ensure it is suitable for manufacture.
* Preparing all data for and running Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) on behalf of industry.
* Identify opportunities for manufacturing equipment capital purchases with financial assessment (Cost-Benefit Analysis & ROI’s) completed in order to drive business competitiveness.
* Assessing the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of products by reviewing the product maturity with project teams to identify and minimise manufacturing risks.
* Is accountable for the definition, setup, preparation and optimisation of manufacturing processes and tooling for a defined area, or product line.
* Contributes to compliance of the production process with all Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) applicable regulations.
* Defines and optimises manufacturing documentation, tools, workflows for manufacturing and inspection based on the information supplied by upstream R&D engineering departments.
* Contributes to the technological innovation to reduce costs and workflows, whilst guaranteeing the feasibility and reproducibility of the process.
* Attending Material Review Boards (MRBs) and Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) on behalf of manufacturing.
* Elaborates and implements tests & control plans for manufacturing equipment.
* Contributes to establishing and guaranteeing targeted cost at an early stage of development.
* Contributes to the capitalisation of the experiences fed back from the production line to ensure lessons learnt are captured in new product introduction.
* Contributes to the definition and the application of applicable baselines, as well as support, to the end users of the manufacturing process.
* Develops the skills within the function and provides the appropriate trainings.
Your Skills and Experience
* Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, gained from an Electronic assembly/fabrication/testing background.
* Awareness and use of continuous improvement techniques and implementation of lean manufacturing.
* Experience of manufacturing systems.
* Understanding/awareness of connected industrial concepts.
* Industrial experience of implementing new technologies (including change management and impact analysis).
* Strong Communication skills & experience training team members.
Security Clearance Requirement
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, this role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.
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