Launch Engineer

Job description

Launch Engineer

Salary: Dependent on experience

Location: Daventry

Permanent

Role Summary

This Launch Engineer position is focused on manufacturing readiness and launch robustness, ensuring engineering intent is manufacturable, repeatable, and controlled at build-station level. The role supports build execution, process definition, manufacturability assessment, and issue closure across all build phases through to series handover.

Role & Responsibilities

• Execute station-based manufacturability and process readiness assessments across virtual, prototype, and pre-production builds, covering joining and fastening strategies, build sequence, tooling and fixture suitability, and bill of material maturity.
• The Launch Engineer will define, release, and control key launch deliverables including process flow, torque definitions, critical characteristics, tooling readiness, tooling registers, perceived quality standards, and Build Book content.
• Identify, classify, and manage manufacturing, assembly, and build-related issues through containment, root cause identification, and validation of corrective actions.
• Ensure deviations and concessions are technically assessed, authorised, and fully traceable throughout the launch process.

Requirements of the Role

• Experience in manufacturing, launch, or production engineering, with a strong technical understanding of assembly processes, tooling systems, and build sequencing.
• Demonstrated ownership of manufacturability assessment and issue resolution within automotive, specialist, or low-volume vehicle manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to prototype and pre-production build phases, alongside familiarity with structured problem-solving and manufacturing risk management techniques.
• A successful Launch Engineer will be technically rigorous, detail-driven, structured, pragmatic, and comfortable influencing cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.

Apply Now

Apply now for this Launch Engineer opportunity if you have the technical capability and launch engineering experience to support robust build readiness and series handover.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Daventry

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

26-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English