Join Our Growing Aerospace Manufacturing Team

Build the processes that help deliver high-precision aerospace components to some of the world’s leading programmes. At Silcoms, you’ll be part of a team that blends engineering rigor with modern manufacturing technology—while investing in your growth, your wellbeing, and the future of the business.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer who enjoys turning production challenges into measurable improvements, strengthening quality, and making sure the shop floor runs efficiently, safely, and consistently.

About The Role

As a Manufacturing Engineer in our aerospace manufacturing environment, you’ll help shape and improve how we design, build, and optimize manufacturing processes for high-precision components. You’ll work closely with production teams, quality, and engineering stakeholders to ensure processes are capable, repeatable, and aligned with aerospace expectations.

You’ll also play a key role in continuous improvement—identifying opportunities, implementing practical solutions, and supporting the smooth transfer of engineering requirements into production.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, improve, and standardize manufacturing processes for aerospace components, ensuring they meet required specifications and performance targets.
• Support production teams by troubleshooting process and performance issues—then implementing corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing, focusing on yield, cycle time, quality, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with Quality and Engineering to ensure processes are aligned with applicable aerospace standards and internal requirements.
• Assess and improve process capability, including monitoring performance and recommending parameter changes where needed.
• Create and maintain process documentation to support consistent execution (e.g., work instructions, process plans, and manufacturing documentation).
• Participate in root cause analysis and structured problem-solving activities to address nonconformances and production variances.
• Support new product introductions (NPI) and engineering changes by helping ensure manufacturing readiness and effective implementation.
• Work with cross-functional teams to evaluate tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing methods—recommending upgrades where they improve output and quality.
• Plan and support process validations and improvements, ensuring production methods are robust and repeatable.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer (or similar) in a manufacturing environment—ideally aerospace or other tightly controlled sectors.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and how to improve them using data-driven methods.
• Experience troubleshooting production issues and leading corrective actions through structured root cause analysis.
• Comfort working with quality requirements and contributing to process capability and compliance.
• Ability to communicate clearly with shop floor teams and engineering stakeholders, translating technical requirements into practical actions.
• Strong attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Experience supporting process documentation and changes to ensure consistency across production.
• Confidence working with manufacturing technology and improving how work is executed on the shop floor.

If you’re someone who enjoys being close to the work—solving real problems, improving real output, and helping production teams win—this role will feel like a strong fit.

Why Silcoms

At Silcoms, you’ll work on high-precision aerospace components for major programmes, using modern manufacturing technology. We’re building a team that values expertise, collaboration, and growth—backed by investment in people and future expansion.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Holiday benefits (additional details available during the hiring process)

Ready to Apply?

If you’re an experienced Manufacturing Engineer looking to contribute to high-precision aerospace manufacturing and drive meaningful improvements, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step with a team that invests in your impact.

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