Manufacturing Engineer (Early Careers)

Manufacturing Engineer (Early Careers)

Date: May 24, 2026

Location:Tallassee, AL, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll support both production and development programs, ensuring zero-defect manufacturing execution through robust process design and continuous improvement. This role focuses on implementing advanced manufacturing technologies across materials, tooling, fabrication, and assembly.

Job Responsibilities

• What You’ll Do Develop and implement technical solutions for complex manufacturing challenges.
• Provide manufacturing engineer support for production integration and supplier-related issues.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions to resolve non-conformances.
• Design tooling and production plans using standard manufacturing engineering methodologies.
• Support product development activities for manufacturing, which include quoting, tooling design, configuration changes, and first article inspections.
• Deliver measurable results aligned with manufacturing program and value stream objectives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners.
• Champion Lean initiatives and drive continuous improvement through various manufacturing processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related fields.
• 3+ months of professional experience in aerospace parts manufacturing engineering
• Experience with composite materials or equivalent engineered materials (e.g., fiber-reinforced polymers, laminates, or hybrid structures) in a manufacturing or product development environment.
• Must be a US Persons (US Citizen, Green Card Holder / US permanent resident, refugee or asylee) to meet export control compliance requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• GKN Aerospace experience
• Strong continuous improvement mindset and results-driven approach.
• Ability to work independently across diverse manufacturing environments.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience mentoring or coaching team members.
• Demonstrated leadership, initiative, and sound judgment.
• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience is a plus.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.​
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