Join ICOMAT – Revolutionising the Future of Lightweight Manufacturing!
iCOMAT is an advanced manufacturing company that invented Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) - the only proven technology for producing defect-free curved-fiber composite parts at industrial scale. We deliver the lightest structures possible for aerospace, automotive, defense, and space, at a rate and cost efficiency that far exceeds existing composite production processes.
We build and operate automated factories for composite materials, delivering components to Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs. The business has three main divisions: development of automated production machines, development of software design and production tools, and operation of the factory. We work with 25+ customers and completed the largest ever Series A in composites manufacturing to fuel a significant scale-up, with growth plans that will see the business multiply in size over the next two to three years and expand operations into the UK, Europe and the US.
The business has currently more than 130,000 sqm of production capacity with manufacturing facilities in the UK (Gloucester and Swindon) and the US (Dayton, Ohio); a Hardware R&D Centre in Bristol, UK; and a Software R&D Centre in Athens, Greece.
The primary role of a Metallics ME (Process Engineer) is to take build-to-print components, tooling or parts from Design Engineering and customer definition through industrialisation and into stable production, ensuring that the risks and processes required to manufacture the items have been evaluated (typically TRL6 to TRL9). The role provides clear manufacturing instructions and process control to ensure design intent, quality compliance and customer requirements are met. The role is centred equally around New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Improvement (CI), supporting both the controlled introduction of new metallic products and the improvement of existing production processes
What will you be doing?
• Support Business Development and Contract Review with manufacturing methodology, costings, NRE requirements, cycle-time estimates and capacity assumptions.
• Review customer drawings, CAD models, specifications, purchase-order requirements and technical data to establish the complete manufacturing scope.
• Support product design for manufacture and complete Design for Manufacture reviews as required.
• Develop the manufacturing strategy for new metallic components, including machining methods, operation sequence, workholding, tooling, datum strategy and inspection approach.
• Identify and define external and special-process requirements, including anodising, passivation, plating or coating, heat treatment, crack detection/NDT, part marking and finishing.
• Create and maintain manufacturing Routings and BoMs.
• Create full Methods of Manufacture, providing:
• Step-by-step manufacturing instructions.
• Health & Safety requirements, including COSHH assessments where required.
• Tooling, jig, fixture and workholding requirements.
• Equipment, CNC machine and inspection-equipment requirements.
• Key material specifications, raw-material form, size and manufacturing allowances.
• Machining parameters, CNC program references and controlled setup requirements where applicable.
• Special-process, finishing, part-marking, handling, protection, storage, packaging and transport requirements.
• Ensure all customer specifications, quality approvals and compliance requirements have been identified and incorporated into the manufacturing process.
• Develop Process Sheets and Standard Operating Procedures as required.
• Work with Quality to develop and implement quality-control procedures, Control Plans and inspection plans, including first-off, in-process and final inspection requirements.
• Define CMM, gauge and metrology requirements and support Gauge R&R activity where appropriate.
• Work with Tooling Design, Operations and suppliers to create tooling concepts and requirements.
• Develop PFMEAs to…