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