Senior Production Engineer - 12 months contract

Senior Production Engineer - 12 months contract Senior Production Engineer - 12 months contract Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications. Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics. Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself: https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk Overview of Position The Senior Production Engineer is responsible for supporting the manufacturing processes required to manufacture navigation solution products which include the integration of complex electronics, optical and mechanical hardware. Manufacturing processes consider supporting topics including training, supply chain, validation and verification, ownership of product and process change management and scaling production capacity to meet ongoing business

requirements. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders such as project managers, purchasing, production engineers, R&D, scheduler and Production Manager working under the guidance of the Head of Production Engineering. This role is well-suited for a technically-minded and seasoned manufacturing engineering professional with a high attention to detail and high capability to fault find and diagnose problems using structured problem solving techniques.

What you'll do Support diagnostics and data review in order to perform root cause analysis associated with first pass yield, leading to initiatives to improve the product via build process or supporting design related improvements. Manage production line related training, work instructions and test utilities to ensure products and their respective sub assemblies are built correctly and consistently. Support the production team by providing technical expertise to minimise production stoppages and meet targets. (Through daily updates and more formal engagement such as larger training sessions or workshops) Design, implement and verify production jigs and equipment for suitability prior to use in production. Accountable for the implementation and training of new products into production. Utilising previous experience to assess new products for manufacturability and recommend design changes, production processes, suppliers and equipment to R&D for scaled manufacture. Liaison with suppliers and form collaborative relationships that are mutually beneficial, in order to ensure quality issues are managed, with cost and lead time are maintained. Drive continuous improvement and manage change in the production team (by identifying systemic production issues, troubleshooting and advising the production team on technical process improvements together with R&D. Review the line capacity and implement changes required to meet increased demand as per regular forecast reviews within the production and supply chain team.