Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Scalable Production & Automation

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As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Operations, you will be responsible for defining and building the standards, documentation, and structure required to transition machines from prototype to scalable production—enabling consistent builds by internal teams and contract manufacturers with minimal reliance on tribal knowledge. You will report to the Sr. Manager of the Manufacturing Operations team and lead a cross-functional program team dedicated to scaling up the manufacturing line for JCI Stack Forging’s thermal management offerings.

This position is based in Burlington, MA. Candidates must be commuting distance to the facility, or able to relocate. Various relocation packages are available.
Only US Citizens and/or Permanent Residents of the United States will be considered for this position, as sponsorship is not available.

You are a manufacturing professional and take pride in the quality and reliability of the systems you build. You are a detail-oriented, collaborative problem solver who can effectively bridge design engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. You will play a critical role in driving repeatability, reducing variation, accelerating assembly, and improving quality as production scales. This position generally requires a commitment of 5 days onsite per week.

• Work with design engineers to influence designs early on, driving DFM/DFA across all JCI Stack Forging manufacturing equipment.
• Create and maintain assembly drawings, exploded views and callouts.
• Create and contribute to ‘design histories’ documents for recording of key learnings, architectural selections, and process improvements.
• Build and own clean multi-level BOMs for all JCI Stack Forging manufacturing equipment including defining part numbering, naming, revisioning and effectivity standards.
• Develop clear, visual assembly instructions for:
  Parts and subassemblies, module and final system integration, and installation and test procedures.
• Develop and own SOPs related to the operation and maintenance of JCI Stack Forging manufacturing equipment.
• Collaborate with technicians and engineers to validate instructions on the production floor and continuously improve documentation based on feedback.
• Manage machine build projects including new machine builds, retrofits, and upgrades as necessary.
• Own the release process for all parts and subassemblies ensuring a smooth transition from prototype to production.

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or a related Engineering field.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in capital equipment.
• Background in commissioning and productizing complex systems or capital equipment.
• Proficiency with Solidworks, including large assemblies, drawings, configurations and manufacturing documentation.
• Ability to turn evolving process requirements and prototype designs into scalable, repeatable machines.
• Experience…