Digital Manufacturing Engineer- Aircraft

Our Mission

At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The VX4, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing), ‘zero emissions’ aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky.

We won’t realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to ‘redefine’ aerospace best practices.

We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals of having the VX4 in service by 2030.

What to Expect

As part of our Manufacturing Engineering Industrialisation team leads the New Product Introduction and industrialisation of the manufacturing and assembly systems needed to take our VX4 aircraft from prototype to full production. We deliver Manufacturing Engineering excellence to the business to enable the NPI and industrialisation of our products and bring them to market

The Digital Manufacturing Engineer will lead the specification, development, and deployment of advanced digital manufacturing systems — spanning MES/MOM, process planning, simulation, and factory data solutions — to enable scalable, high-rate aircraft assembly production. This role will drive the industrialisation of manufacturing and assembly systems, ensuring they are digitally connected, optimised and ready to support business growth. You will be accountable for creating and delivering cutting edge digital workflows across aircraft and supplier manufacturing, enabling seamless integration, enhanced efficiency and robust production readiness as the organisation transitions from development into low-rate and eventually high-rate manufacture.

What you'll do

• Successfully deliver and implement core Digital Manufacturing systems, including process planning tools and the MES/MOM platform, with full production adoption.

• Establish and maintain Digital Manufacturing Engineering best practices, ensuring consistent, scalable, and configuration-controlled processes.

• Develop and deliver effective training for engineering and shop-floor teams on PLM, process planning, MES/MOM, and related digital toolsets.

• Lead cross-functional requirements capture, integration, and deployment of digital manufacturing systems to ensure seamless data flow from design to production.

• Execute the Digital Manufacturing Systems roadmap, enabling manufacturing industrialisation and supporting readiness for increased production rates.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience with PLM, ERP, process planning, MES, and MOM platforms, including hands-on configuration and deployment.

• Ability to define and map which digital systems support specific business and manufacturing processes, ensuring seamless integration.

• Experience industrialising manufacturing workflows, applying digital tools to improve efficiency, quality, and repeatability.

• Strong understanding of aerospace or complex manufacturing environments, including assembly and production processes.

• Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration, working with Engineering, Operations, IT, and Quality to implement digital solutions.

• Track record of delivering digital transformation projects, including requirements capture, system deployment, and user adoption.

What can you expect from us?

We're on a mission. Where others see limits, we see opportunity, and we work at pace. Working at Vertical isn't your average role but for those seeking a challenge, a flexible, supportive organisation and an incredible team; working here is an opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Our approach promotes ingenuity and courage, while our environment builds success through diligence in safety and being open in the way we work. The only way we're going to assure the next chapter of aviation history is by working as a team, relentlessly, towards our goal. 

Our benefits

Our people matter - we're not going anywhere without them. Which is why our company benefits go beyond the essentials.

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday

• 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)

• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership

• Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits

• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)

• Company performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance

• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee

• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it

• Breakfast on us, every day

We may just be the hardest job you've ever had, but we're confident it will be the most rewarding. Join the team today and help us shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.

Disclaimer Statement

We encourage you to apply even if you may not have all the experience listed in the advert. We recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for everyone. As part of our desire to review and make our processes fair, we may ask you questions related to these aspects during the application process. For more information on how we will use your data, see our Legal section.