Manufacturing Engineer

• Location 566 Exchange Court,Livermore, CA, 94550,United States
• Base Pay $97,000.00 - $ / Year
• Employee Type Full Time

Together we are a world-class diversified manufacturer with a commitment from our team to proudly provide pure precision solutions to our customers, delivering superior quality, value, and service.

Ferrotec (USA) Corporation is a technology company with a worldwide presence in various end products, manufacturing systems, and industries serving primarily the semiconductor industry. We provide our customers with advanced materials, components, systems, and manufacturing solutions. Please visit  for a list of office locations.

The Manufacturing Engineer supports the development, documentation, sustainment, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes for precision mechanical and electromechanical products. Working under guidance from experienced engineers and manufacturing leadership, this hands-on role supports daily production, assembly methods, tooling and fixtures, new product introduction (NPI), engineering changes, and process improvement. The engineer investigates routine issues, collects objective evidence, implements approved solutions, and escalates complex or high-risk decisions.

Manufacturing engineering is the primary function; test troubleshooting is supporting work.

• Support daily production by investigating routine assembly, workmanship, material, tooling, fixture, and documentation issues; accelerate unresolved or high-risk problems.
• Create and update work instructions, routings, process flows, standard work, and build records with engineering review and document-control approval.
• Interpret drawings, BOMs, specifications, and basic GD&T to support repeatable assembly processes and identify discrepancies.
• Assist with NPI, pilot builds, product transfers, qualification activities, and manufacturing readiness; record issues and track assigned actions.
• Support ECO/ECN implementation by checking impacts to WIP, inventory, tooling, work instructions, and operator training under established change controls.
• Assist with tooling and fixture trials, basic process verification, calibration coordination, and production training as assigned.

• Collect and analyze production data such as FPY, scrap, rework, defects, cycle time, and downtime; prepare clear summaries of findings.
• Participate in root cause investigations using 5-Why, fishbone, and structured problem-solving; help document containment, corrective actions, and effectiveness checks.
• Support practical Lean, 6S, mistake-proofing, and standardization improvements; quantify before-and-after results when data are available.
• Assist Quality and senior engineers with process controls, PFMEA updates, inspection requirements, and basic measurement-system or capability studies as applicable.

• Support production test and inspection processes, including basic hardware troubleshooting, test fixture issues, test failures, and coordination with Test Engineering or design owners.
• Use appropriate diagnostic instruments and manufacturing/test data to distinguish product, process, material, workmanship, and fixture-related issues.
• Communicate technical findings and action status to technicians, engineers, suppliers, customers, and management, train production personnel on revised methods and instructions.
• Perform other related duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business.
• Achievement of objectives must include an over-riding commitment to quality…