Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer (NPI) Location: Rochester Salary: £43,000 - £50,000 depending on skills and experience What you''ll be doing: Working within a highly collaborative, cross functional team to develop and deliver advanced aerospace electronic systems, including head up displays (HUDs), helmet mounted displays, flight control computers, active inceptors/control sticks, and a wide range of commercial and military avionics Delivering NPI outputs in line with an Operations project plan, ensuring manufacturing readiness aligns with programme milestones from Bid and Development through Qualification and Initial Production Partnering closely with Engineering teams to review, challenge , and influence designs, ensuring they meet Unit Production Cost targets (UPC) and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) objectives Leading producibility reviews and championing Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA). Leveraging your own experience and that of subject matter experts to define and manage work packages that improve cost, manufacturability, and process robustness Supporting the development of production processes, tooling, and manufacturing instructions for new products. Providing hands on support during prototype builds and capturing lessons learned to drive future improvements Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in an engineering discipline Proven application of DFX methodologies