Production Engineer

• Job Location: Oxford, England
• Type: Permanent
• Posted: 12/05/2025

Your Tasks

– Responsible for supporting the design for manufacturing, manufacturing and testing of low fidelity models and manufacturing 
 processes across our product portfolio.
– This role will have input and oversight across our products providing input in the designs, identifying problems, and recommending 
 solutions, using and training others with our machinery, troubleshooting any equipment problems.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

– Work with our Technical leads across our product portfolio to develop CAD/CAM models and drawings for parts and sub-assemblies
– Design, build and characterisation of jigs and fixtures, required for testing of OSS products
– Build breadboards and development models and support test campaigns, as required.
– Create and write Manufacturing and Assembly Procedures (MAPS) for different manufacturing operations.
– Review and approve engineering drawings, as a part of MAIT (Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Testing) check/approval routine.
– Supporting the technical buyer with technical inputs and discussions with external suppliers through the procurement cycle.
– Supervise manufacturing processes to ensure high quality work is completed to the highest safety standards
– Diagnose problems in design and or production and provide recommendations and advise on resolving them
– Review NCRs and provide technical inputs when requested by Product Assurance Manager
– Keeping abreast of advancements in engineering and production and sharing this knowledge with others particularly within the Manufacturing, 
 Assembly, Integration & Design (MAIT) team
– Create production plans for live and forecasted projects
– Analysis of the production approach to make recommendations for improvement

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Essential

– Experience in production within a highly regulated industry (preferably Space sector)
– Experience with CAD software, preferably SolidWorks
– Thorough understanding of engineering drawing principles and metrology is a must
– Excellent communication and influencing skills and proficient with MS Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
– Excellent team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels
– Proactive and innovative approach to problem solving presenting findings and solutions
– Ability to plan and organise workload across multiple projects ensuring deadlines are met
– Excellent attention to detail

Desirable

– A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Manufacturing or Production / Industrial Engineering

Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.