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Manufacturing Engineer

4Square Recruitment Ltd

Cranfield · Posted 17 Sep 2026 · 38 applicants

£50,000 - £55,000 per annum
Permanent
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We’re working with a growing R&D-led start-up/scale-up that is looking to hire a Manufacturing Engineer to support the transition of new products from design and development into production.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys working closely with engineering, manufacturing and external suppliers to improve how products are built.

What we're looking for:

  • Jigs, fixtures and tooling
  • GD&T / engineering drawings
  • CAD – SolidWorks, Creo, CATIA, Inventor or similar
  • Supporting manufacturing and production engineering activities
  • Working with engineering teams to improve manufacturability
  • Highly desirable experience:
  • New Product Introduction (NPI)
  • DFM / DFA / DFMA
  • Taking products from R&D into production
  • Working with Chinese manufacturers or suppliers
  • Supplier/manufacturing liaison
  • CE marking / product compliance
  • Improving assembly processes, tooling and production readiness

The role:

You’ll work closely with the engineering team to make sure new products can be manufactured efficiently, consistently and at scale.

This could include designing or improving jigs and fixtures, reviewing CAD and engineering drawings, supporting NPI projects, working with overseas suppliers and identifying design or production improvements.

If you’re a Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or NPI Engineer with experience across tooling, CAD and product industrialisation, I’d be interested in speaking with you.

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