Production Engineer Dfmea Engineer - NO Sponsorship

Mid-level engineer - Full-time - Permanent - Primarily on-site - London Own hands-on design failure analysis and turn prototypes into robust, repeatable manufactured products. Why join us now e-nano ROBOTICS is entering its next stage of growth. As we move into our new London headquarters and workshop, we're expanding our team to scale the development, manufacturing and deployment of our robotics, sensing and AI systems. We're looking for practical, ambitious people who want to take ownership, build real products and help shape how a growing UK robotics company operates. The role We are looking for a Production Engineer / DFMEA Engineer with master's-level engineering training (or equivalent demonstrated capability) and several years of relevant experience to take hands-on ownership of Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and product industrialisation across our robotics and sensing hardware. This is an individual-contributor engineering role, not a technician position or a purely coordinating FMEA facilitator. You will personally develop and maintain analyses, work with designers to identify and reduce failure risks, and translate engineering designs into robust assembly, verification and production processes. You will collaborate with the CTO, engineering team, workshop and Manufacturing & Scale-up Lead. Engineering retains product design authority; the Manufacturing & Scale-up Lead owns overarching manufacturing and supply-chain strategy. Key responsibilities

• Personally plan, create, facilitate where useful, document and maintain detailed product and subsystem DFMEAs across mechanical, electrical and electromechanical assemblies.
• Define functions, failure modes, effects, causes, existing controls and risk-prioritised mitigation actions; track actions to closure and verify effectiveness.
• Link DFMEA findings to design changes, requirements, verification plans, tests, build instructions and engineering change control.
• Carry out hands-on design reviews, prototype inspection, fault investigation and testing to validate failure hypotheses.
• Support design for manufacture and assembly (DFM/DFA), tolerance reviews, manufacturability and reliability improvements.
• Develop and improve production processes, assembly instructions, jigs, fixtures, test plans and quality checks.
• Support prototype builds and first production batches directly in the workshop, including root-cause analysis of build and field issues.
• Work with engineering and production on BOM accuracy, configuration control, traceability and supplier-related technical risks.
• Contribute to product compliance and technical documentation as appropriate, including CE/UKCA readiness.
• Help establish a pragmatic, repeatable risk and reliability engineering process suited to a growing hardware company. Essential experience
• Master's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, mechatronics, systems or related engineering, or equivalent professional engineering capability.
• Mid-level professional experience developing or industrialising complex physical products.
• Demonstrated hands-on ownership of DFMEA, including drafting analyses, identifying actions and closing risks; not only attending FMEA meetings.
• Strong mechanical/electromechanical engineering fundamentals, manufacturing awareness and structured root-cause problem solving.
• Experience translating product designs into practical build, test and verification activities.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, BOMs and technical specifications.
• Comfortable working directly with prototypes and production staff in a workshop.
• Strong written documentation, cross-functional communication and independent execution. Desirable experience
• Robotics, autonomous machines, electronics integration, industrial equipment or low-volume/high-mix manufacturing.
• AIAG-VDA FMEA methods or comparable structured FMEA approaches; PFMEA and control plans.
• Reliability testing, verification/validation, fault-tree analysis, 8D, CAPA, quality systems or supplier quality.
• CAD, GD&T, DFM/DFA, configuration management, PLM/ERP and engineering change processes.
• CE/UKCA productisation and production-readiness experience. What success looks like
• DFMEAs exist for priority products and subsystems, with clear owners and verified risk-reduction actions.
• Failure risks are identified earlier and translated into design and verification improvements.
• Prototype and first-batch issues are investigated and systematically reduced.
• Production documentation, testing and engineering change control become more repeatable.
• Products become easier to assemble, test and manufacture consistently. Working environment Full-time, primarily on-site in our new London workshop with frequent collaboration across engineering and production. This is an engineering role with substantial practical testing, build and investigation work. Benefits
• 25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays, and your birthday as a paid day off.
• Flexible working hours where the role allows.
• A collaborative multidisciplinary team with direct impact on real hardware and deployments. Application process Apply through our careers application form with your CV and a short note about your experience and interest. Shortlisted candidates can expect a team/values conversation and a role-relevant practical or technical discussion. Interested in this role? Apply to e-nano ROBOTICS