Manufacturing Engineer

• Location 6150 LOOKOUT RD,Boulder, CO, ,United States
• Base Pay $80,000.00 - $ / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt

Description

Job Description Summary

FIRST RF is seeking a motivated and hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to support translating product designs into repeatable, efficient, and compliant manufacturing processes that enable the successful production of hardware from prototype through full-rate production. This role serves as the bridge between Engineering and Production, ensuring that products are producible, quality requirements are achieved, manufacturing risks are mitigated, and continuous improvements are implemented to improve safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain manufacturing processes, work instructions, and production plans.
• Partner with Engineering during development to ensure products are manufacturable, testable, and supportable throughout their lifecycle.
• Support prototype, EMD, and production builds by providing hands-on technical guidance and resolving manufacturing issues.
• Identify and implement tooling, fixtures, equipment, and process improvements that improve efficiency, repeatability, ergonomics, and product quality.
• Lead or support root cause investigations and corrective actions related to manufacturing nonconformances and recurring production issues.
• Evaluate and disposition manufacturing impacts of engineering changes, ensuring effective implementation on the production floor.
• Analyze production performance data to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in throughput, yield, cost, and schedule adherence.
• Coordinate with Quality, Supply Chain, Test, and Production personnel to ensure successful execution of manufacturing activities.
• Support qualification activities, first article inspections, process validations, and customer or regulatory audits as required.
• Train and mentor production personnel on new processes, methods, and manufacturing best practices.
• Ensure manufacturing activities comply with applicable safety requirements, quality standards, and company procedures.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week. Typical office hours include Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; however, these hours may vary based on workload and the manager’s discretion.

Travel

About 10% travel is expected for this position.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. The employee will also regularly be seated at a desk and using a computer.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits Summary

We offer all employees four weeks of PTO each year, flexible scheduling, hybrid work, tuition reimbursement, up to 6% 401(k) match, and healthcare, dental, and vision plans.

AAP/EEO Statement

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, assignment, re-assignment, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, and termination. The Company prohibits discrimination, harassment, and…