Verify Global

Inspects suppliers for aerospace and defense makers

NPI Quality Assurance / Supplier Development Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMukachevo, UkraineNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years of experience in aerospace, defence, or heavy engineering manufacturing environments is required.
Strong hands-on experience with machining forged components is required.
A proven background in equipment commissioning, CNC machining process setup, and industrialisation is required.
A strong understanding of machining risks associated with forged materials, including distortion, residual stress, and surface integrity, is required.
The candidate must be able to interpret engineering drawings, routings, and technical documentation.
The candidate must be willing to travel to the UK for program orientation.

Responsibilities

Support commissioning and deployment of newly installed machining equipment for forged components.
Validate machining processes, tooling, fixtures, cutting strategies, and machine programmes.
Verify routings, setups, and work instructions for machining customer-supplied forgings.
Support shop-floor layout and optimisation of machining processes.
Ensure forging handover requirements, including condition, traceability, and material state, are correctly managed at receipt.
Identify manufacturing risks affecting dimensional integrity, surface finish, or material condition after machining.
Oversee operator training and ensure machining processes are repeatable and controlled.
Interface with supplier engineering, production, and maintenance teams to resolve manufacturing issues.
Provide regular readiness and risk reporting to customer stakeholders.
Support formal handover into Phase II activities.

Desired Qualifications

Fluency in both Ukrainian and English is highly desirable.
Defence manufacturing experience is highly desirable.

Overview

*** NPI Manufacturing Engineering – Ukraine ***

Verify are currently seeking a supplier based NPI Manufacturing Engineer. Working on-site at a supplier facility in Western Ukraine (Mukachevo area anticipated), the program involves supporting the establishment of a production capacity for machining of customer furnished forgings.

Primary Focus: Machining process deployment & manufacturing capability establishment

Role Purpose:

To establish, commission, and stabilise machining capability at customer supplier site for customer-furnished forged components, ensuring new equipment, tooling, and processes are fully deployed and capable of supporting NPI production.

Primary Activity:

Support commissioning and deployment of newly installed machining equipment supporting forged components
Validate machining processes, tooling, fixtures, cutting strategies, and machine programmes
Verify routings, set-ups, and work instructions for machining of customer-supplied forgings
Support shop floor lay out and optimisation of machining processes
Ensure forging handover requirements (condition, traceability, material state) are correctly managed at receipt
Identify manufacturing risks affecting dimensional integrity, surface finish, or material condition post-machining
Oversee operator training and ensure machining processes are repeatable and controlled
Interface with supplier engineering, production, and maintenance teams to resolve manufacturing issues
Provide regular readiness and risk reporting to customer stakeholders
Support formal handover into Phase II activities

Required Experience & Competencies:

Minimum 5+ years’ experience in aerospace, defence, or heavy engineering manufacturing environments
Strong hands-on experience with machining of forged components
Proven background in equipment commissioning, CNC machining process set-up, and industrialisation
Strong understanding of machining risks associated with forged materials (distortion, residual stress, surface integrity)
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, routings, and technical documentation
Fluent in both Ukrainian and English highly desirable
Defence manufacturing experience highly desirable
Willingness to travel to the UK for program orientation

About the Company

Verify Global

Inspects suppliers for aerospace and defense makers

Verify Global helps aerospace, defense and other manufacturers manage supplier quality and delivery through outsourced inspection and engineering services. Clients buy managed programmes or individual assignments. Its inspectors and engineers approve suppliers, check first production parts against drawings, inspect products at supplier sites before they ship, and run follow-up audits. A lab in the Dallas-Fort Worth area measures parts with CT scanners and other tools, and online software tracks supplier risk across every tier of a supply chain, including suppliers' own suppliers. Verify was founded in 1976 as an aerospace inspection business and is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, CA
Founded: 1976

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