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Our mission is to transform power systems - from grids and microgrids to renewables and data centres - unlocking the massive potential in this under-innovated sector that touches every aspect of our modern lives.\nWe are now looking for a Lead Industrialisation Engineer to join our Operations team and lead the transition of the Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) from engineering builds into safe, repeatable UK manufacturing and ultimately scaled contract manufacturing. This is a senior, hands-on role providing technical leadership across industrialisation activities, bridging Engineering and Operations to enable successful scale-up into production.\nWorking between Engineering and Operations, you will play a key role in Engineering-led NPI, translating approved product designs into safe, repeatable manufacturing processes. You will identify changes needed for industrialisation, develop practical manufacturing proposals and coordinate approved changes into production. While the role has no direct reports initially, you will lead through technical expertise, collaboration and influence across these organisations.\nWhat you will do:\nLead industrialisation delivery. Develop and maintain the industrialisation plan for approved products, coordinate actions between Engineering and Operations, and prepare the evidence and recommendations needed for production-readiness reviews.\nEstablish manufacturing concepts. Translate approved product and manufacturing strategies into practical build concepts, process requirements, equipment needs, capacity assumptions and implementation plans. Present options and recommendations to Operations leadership for approval.\nOwn manufacturing equipment delivery. Translate the approved manufacturing strategy into equipment requirements and manage the technical delivery of production equipment through specification, procurement support, installation, commissioning and acceptance. Ensure equipment is safe, capable, maintainable and ready for production.\nLead manufacturing readiness documentation. Bring together the approved Engineering and Operations information needed to build and release the product consistently, including work instructions, routings, inspection requirements and test instructions. Track gaps, owners and approval status.\nFacilitate design for manufacture and assembly. Lead practical DFM and DFA reviews between Engineering and Operations, quantify the manufacturing impact of proposed changes, and submit required product changes through the engineering change process. Engineering retains approval authority.\nManage production-readiness risks. Maintain visibility of industrialisation risks and coordinate closure of agreed actions covering manufacturing processes, tooling, safety, quality and capability evidence. Escalate unresolved risks for decision by the relevant Engineering or Operations owner.\nSupport manufacturing builds. Coordinate industrialisation preparation for early builds, work directly with engineers and technicians, capture issues at source, and help improve first-pass yield, cycle time, labour hours, defects and rework.\nImplement approved configuration changes. Manage the implementation and effectivity of approved changes within Operations so each serialised unit has an accurate build record, and each change takes effect at a defined serial number, lot, date or build stage.\nLead manufacturing-partner transfer. Prepare and execute the technical industrialisation work package for manufacturing partners, including process documentation, equipment, training and readiness evidence. Support Operations leadership in transfer approval and ramp decisions.\nDrive industrialisation readiness. Maintain industrialisation milestones, actions, risks and key build metrics. Provide clear evidence of readiness and recommend priorities to Engineering and Operations.\nRequirements\nWhat you will need:\nRelevant industrialisation experience. A strong record of taking complex electromechanical, power-electronic or similarly demanding hardware from prototype through controlled, repeatable production.\nHands-on build support. The ability to work directly with engineers and technicians on the shop floor, turn incomplete information into a safe and controlled process, and solve build issues without losing configuration discipline.\nCross-functional collaboration. A collaborative and pragmatic style, strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to bring Engineering and Operations teams together to deliver shared objectives through influence and collaboration.\nRelevant technical foundation. A degree, apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience in manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, mechatronic or production engineering, plus the flexibility to travel to UK and global suppliers and manufacturing partners when required.\nIt would be useful to have:\nManufacturing transfer capability. Experience transferring products or processes to contract manufacturers or suppliers, including documentation, training, process qualification, acceptance criteria and launch support.\nConfiguration control. Experience managing manufacturing bills of materials, routings, deviations, change implementation and product or process effectivity within an ERP, PLM or equivalent controlled environment.\nManufacturing engineering depth. Strong experience with DFM and DFA, process FMEA, control plans, production-readiness reviews, work instructions, tooling and fixture development, process validation and capability improvement.\nPower-sector product experience. Industrialisation experience involving power electronics, high-voltage equipment, transformers, energy infrastructure or another safety-critical product environment.\nLow-volume, high-complexity manufacturing. Experience building an efficient operating system where product maturity, design change and demand are evolving at the same time.\nTest and automation knowledge. Experience optimising production test strategy, test fixtures, data capture, manufacturing execution systems or traceability tools.\nScale-up and CEM experience. Experience developing a local manufacturing partner and then transferring a proven process to a high-volume contract manufacturer, ideally across international sites.\nBenefits\nEmployee Option Plan: You get equity in IONATE, so as we succeed so do you. \nPrivate Medical & Dental Insurance: From day one, we provide you with full, comprehensive private medical and dental cover through Bupa. You also have the option to add any dependents to your cover. Please ask us for more details. \nCompany pension: a flexible, and sustainable pension product to help you plan for your future.\nCareer Development: It’s important to us that you have the opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth. You will receive an annual budget for professional development and work with your team to set and reach goals every year.\nFlexible working schedules: You will have the flexibility for occasional work-from-home arrangements. 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