Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly
About this role
Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability
At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.
By joining Hypersonica, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.
We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the end-to-end assembly process, from raw material to final acceptance.
- Author the MBOM, Bill of Process and Bill of Equipment, along with routings, cycle times and takt.
- Design the factory footprint — cells, workstations, flow, tooling and labour.
- Review and formally approve engineering designs for manufacturability and ease of assembly, checking tolerancing and interface management to identify stack-up, fit and interface risks before they reach the floor.
- Apply Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles to drive out cost and risk — assembly sequence and access, ergonomics, tolerancing for process capability, standardisation and error-proofing (poka-yoke)
- Identify process-level risks and trade-offs early, driving mitigation through design,