Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

The Manufacturing Engineer provides manufacturing and operations support to engineers by helping develop, improve, and launch projects that enhance productivity, uptime, safety, and quality.

Responsibilities

1. Engineering Leadership & Production Support

• Participate in daily downtime reviews and support troubleshooting.
• Assist with developing engineering solutions to improve productivity and equipment uptime.
• Lead interactions with maintenance, including PM and work order systems.
• Generate work instructions, operational manuals, and other controlled documents which perform work on the operations' floor.

2. Safety Support

• Join safety-related events and evaluations of new/existing equipment.
• Develop safety compliance including lifting devices, interlocks, LOTO, and safe programming, for new equipment, along with existing equipment.

3. Maintenance Support

• Assist with repairs, upgrades, and contractor work for equipment installs.
• Support equipment moves and integration projects.
• Train technicians on work instructions, manuals, and new equipment operations

4. New Product Launches

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership during new product introductions.
• Implement and close APQP tasks related to operations, equipment, installation etc.

5. Lean Skills

• Implement and develop standard work documents
• Lead kaizen/improvement activities
• Design and leadership for projects that target cost savings/operational improvement and other business objectives.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support quality, controls, welding, and design engineers on technology and process improvement projects.

Key Relationships

• Operations Group
• Engineering Manager, Program Managers, Engineers
• Advanced and Design Engineering
• Quality team (indirect role in problem solving)

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 year's experience in Manufacturing engineering.  Automotive industry a plus.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Six Sigma Training a plus
• Lean Background
• Engineering principles: mechanical, electrical, industrial.
• Hands‑on approach and understanding of production systems
• Project management, customer focus, problem solving, maintenance support.
• Collaboration, teamwork, communication.
• Impact & influence, motivation, results orientation, problem solving.

Additional Information

The expected salary range for this position is $70-85K per year. Final compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.

In addition to base pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, which may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, Dependent Care FS, HSA or FSA, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (vacation, PTO, and holidays), short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), Identity Theft Protection, ARAG. Benefits eligibility and details may vary based on position, employment status, and location.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

This position does not offer H-1B visa sponsorship.

Trade Compliance Statement Access to our facilities is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Persons (U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. Nationals, U.S. refugees, asylees, or temporary residents under amnesty provisions ), and to properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for export control purposes. Additionally, potential employee names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive controlled technical data.

To ensure there is no unexpected delay to your start date with our Company and due to the potential need to obtain an export license, we would like to promptly assess whether such a license is needed to access our facility and/or systems.  Such licenses can take several weeks/months to obtain from the U.S. Government. Our Trade Compliance department may reach out to you with a Licensing Assessment form, which we request you kindly complete and return as soon as possible.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. EOE M/F/D/V/VEVRAA Federal Contractor