Manufacturing Engineer - Electronics & Avionics in Cheltenham

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Your role

Capgemini Engineering seeks a skilled and motivated Manufacturing Engineer with strong experience in electronics or avionics manufacturing to lead non‑conformance reduction and drive quality, reliability, and productivity improvements. The role focuses on strengthening manufacturing processes, increasing first‑time yield, and embedding a culture of operational discipline and confidence on the shop floor.

Non‑Conformance & Defect Reduction

• Lead structured investigations into electronic, electrical, and avionic assembly non‑conformances, driving accurate root cause analysis and implementing systematic corrective and preventive actions across PCB assemblies, wiring, avionic modules, and test processes.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to prioritise high‑impact issues, while developing clear metrics and dashboards to track defect trends, validate improvements, and ensure long‑term sustainability.

Quality & Process Improvement

• Analyse electronic and avionic manufacturing processes to identify variability, weaknesses, and opportunities for stabilisation, while introducing robust process controls, test improvements, error‑proofing, and standardised work instructions.
• Drive quality enhancements across soldering, cable/harness assembly, PCB assembly, test equipment usage, and configuration management, ensuring manufacturing documentation and build instructions are clear, accurate, and aligned with engineering requirements.

Cost Reduction & Operational Efficiency

• Quantify cost drivers from rework, scrap, test failures, and process inefficiencies, and lead cost‑out initiatives through process simplification, improved tooling, and cycle‑time optimisation, while collaborating with supply chain and design engineering to address manufacturability issues early.

Culture, Confidence & Capability Building

• Support operators and technicians by improving confidence in critical build processes and test procedures through coaching and training, while promoting disciplined adherence to controlled documentation and fostering a culture of ownership where issues are raised proactively and resolved collaboratively.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the technical interface across Engineering, Quality, Production, and Test teams, driving design‑for‑manufacture improvements for avionics/electronic assemblies, contributing engineering insight to daily production decisions, and supporting audits as the manufacturing engineering equivalent.

Your profile

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every requirement; your unique experience could be exactly what we need.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in electronics, electrical, avionics, or high‑integrity assembly.
• Strong understanding of PCB assembly, wiring/harness assembly, electronic test processes, or avionic module build.
• Hands‑on experience resolving manufacturing non‑conformances using recognised problem‑solving tools (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa).
• Demonstrable track record of reducing defects and improving process capability.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, traceability, configuration control, and high‑reliability manufacturing requirements.
• Confident communicator, able to influence operators, quality staff, supervisors, and design engineers.
• Comfortable working directly on the shop floor and engaging with technicians to refine or correct processes.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Familiarity with lean methodologies and continuous improvement frameworks (e.g., Kaizen, PFMEA, SPC).
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES), ERP tools, or NCR management platforms.

What you’ll love about working here

• Well‑being hub and different wellbeing initiatives
• Hybrid working up to 70%
• Possibility to work up to 45 days per year from abroad.
• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini.

Employee Inclusivity

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government\’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS or Security Clearance or Developed Vetting.
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment for everyone.