Manufacturing Engineer - Assembly in Coventry

Manufacturing Engineer – Process/Assembly Location: Ansty (Coventry) Contract: Permanent (full‑time)

Are you a hands‑on manufacturing engineer with a passion for creating robust, efficient assembly processes? Do you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, working closely with design teams, and seeing your processes come to life on the shop floor? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)—a world‑class organisation leading innovation across advanced manufacturing sectors.

About The Role

As a Manufacturing Engineer – Process/Assembly, you will develop, validate, and optimise manufacturing and assembly processes for a range of high‑profile industrial and research projects. You’ll collaborate with multi‑disciplinary engineering teams, external customers, and project partners to ensure processes are safe, high‑quality, efficient, and ready for scale‑up. You will act as a technical lead for assembly activities within projects, shaping manufacturing solutions from initial concept through to prototype and pre‑production builds.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with design teams to deliver effective Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFM/A).
• Develop and validate manufacturing and assembly processes alongside internal teams and external partners.
• Lead creation of facility layouts, collaborating with estates, H&S, simulation and other support teams.
• Produce key process documentation including assembly instructions, sequences, PFMEAs, flow charts, and control plans.
• Manage prototype and pre‑production builds to support process validation.
• Coordinate procurement to ensure materials, tooling, and components are available for build trials.
• Drive resolution of issues identified during development to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing solutions.
• Lead continuous improvement across safety, quality, cost, and efficiency.
• Act as a technical lead within project teams, supporting milestone delivery.

Communication & Collaboration

• Produce high‑quality reports, presentations and technical documentation.
• Support colleagues through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Liaise confidently with internal and external customers (technical and non‑technical).
• Attend project meetings, design reviews, workshops and assurance activities.
• Escalate issues appropriately to project teams or clients.

Innovation

You will support MTC’s ongoing capability development by introducing best‑practice assembly engineering techniques and enabling innovative designs through process development and validation.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent manufacturing experience.
• Experience developing methods of manufacture and assembly processes.
• Ability to interpret customer requirements, models, and technical drawings into fully documented manufacturing sequences.
• Experience leading DFM/A, PFMEAs and cross‑functional reviews.
• Background in complex assembly environments involving manual, semi‑automated and automated processes.
• Knowledge of diverse manufacturing methods (CNC, additive, fabrication, electrical and electronic assembly).
• Basic lean knowledge (VSM, line balancing).
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• Confidence presenting to senior stakeholders and willingness to travel to customer sites.

Person Specification

We’re looking for someone who embodies the MTC RIGHT Way—acting responsibly, leading with integrity, promoting teamwork, and creating a positive working environment. You will also be:

• A collaborative team‑player with strong networking capability.
• Pragmatic and hands‑on, with a problem‑solving mindset.
• Self‑motivated and able to work autonomously as well as within teams.
• Comfortable operating within process‑driven, confidentiality‑sensitive environments.

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe. The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future. The MTC has world‑class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable) Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.