Manufacturing Engineering Manager (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Manufacturing Engineering Manager (Aerospace): Defining and governing the end‑to‑end manufacturing engineering and industrialization strategy for commercial aircraft programs with an accent on production readiness and rate‑ramp execution. Focus on applying DFM/DFA principles, optimizing global make/buy strategies, and ensuring alignment between product design and supply chain scalability.

Location: Hybrid – Tewkesbury, GBR

Company

hirify.global is a performance-driven organization specializing in high-reliability technical solutions for the aerospace and commercial aircraft sectors.

What you will do

• Develop and govern the manufacturing engineering strategy and industrialization approach across all lifecycle phases.
• Lead the application of Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design to Cost principles.
• Define global Make/Buy strategies and determine the manufacturing footprint for assembly and testing.
• Design and optimize production processes, manufacturing layouts, equipment strategies, and material flows.
• Manage industrial readiness, production launch, and rate-ramp activities.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to manufacturing engineers supporting the programme.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent).
• Extensive experience in manufacturing engineering for complex aerospace or high-reliability industrial products.
• Mastery-level knowledge of production system design, industrialization, and DFM/DFA.
• Proven experience leading large, technically complex strategic initiatives.
• Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders and solve undefined problems through engineering judgement.
• Location: Must be able to work in a hybrid setup in Tewkesbury, GBR

Nice to have

• Experience deploying manufacturing strategies across multiple global sites and external suppliers.
• Background in plant, industrial, or operations leadership within aerospace.
• Demonstrated success influencing early design trade-off decisions and Design to Cost.
• Experience with industrial readiness reviews and production launch execution.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible benefits package and dedicated career development opportunities.
• Private medical insurance, mental health support, and financial wellbeing resources.
• Generous life assurance and company pension contribution.
• Employee share options, free onsite parking, and EV charging.
• Competitive annual leave entitlement including bank holidays.