What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the technical delivery of MTC's Arc-DED project portfolio, ensuring outstanding quality, customer satisfaction, budget control and on-time delivery.
• Drive the strategic development of Arc-DED technology capability, including capital investment decisions and industrial engagement activities.
• Deliver innovative research and development projects focused on Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL) 3+.
• Support business development activities, including identifying opportunities and contributing to technical proposals.
• Coach, mentor and develop engineers within the Additive Manufacturing team.
• Build strong relationships with customers, industry partners and academic collaborators to maximise the impact of additive manufacturing technologies.

Essential

What We're Looking For

• Strong technical background in Arc-DED Additive Manufacturing and associated manufacturing process chains.
• Experience delivering DED process development programmes using structured Design of Experiments (DoE) methodologies.
• Deep understanding of DED hardware, software and their impact on material consolidation and component quality.
• Knowledge of additive manufacturing process and material qualification methodologies.
• Experience with Arc-DED in-process monitoring technologies.
• Demonstrable experience leading medium to large-scale technical projects.
• Leadership or management experience within engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Experience with other additive manufacturing technologies across metals, polymers or ceramics.
• Knowledge of AM-related metallurgy.
• Experience in feedstock characterisation and mechanical testing.
• Surface finishing and post-processing of AM components.
• Exposure to machine learning or AI tools for AM process optimisation and quality prediction.
• Chartered Engineer status or progress towards chartership.

Why Join MTC?

You'll become part of a collaborative team that's shaping the future of manufacturing technology. We offer a supportive environment where innovation is encouraged, career development is prioritised and your work has a genuine impact on industry.

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.