Senior Production Engineer

The Senior Production Engineer is a technical leader responsible for defining, developing, and optimising the end-to-end production capability for defence-grade hardware systems. This role provides strategic influence across design, industrialisation, and full-rate manufacturing, ensuring products are engineered for reliability, regulatory compliance, and scalable delivery. Operating within a secure and highly regulated environment, the Senior Production Engineer drives manufacturing excellence through robust process development, disciplined configuration control, and structured risk management. The role champions Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA), strengthens cross-functional collaboration between engineering and operations, and ensures production readiness from prototype through series manufacture. As a senior technical authority, the role mentors engineering teams, guides continuous improvement initiatives, and leads the development of resilient production solutions for complex electro-mechanical systems, supporting both programme delivery and long-term operational capability. Key Responsibilities: Translate hardware designs into robust, scalable production processes, ensuring manufacturability, repeatability, and compliance with defence standards. Develop and optimise production workflows, including tooling, fixtures, assembly methods, and test procedures. Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues, driving continuous improvement and ..... full job details .....