Manufacturing Engineer - Radar Systems

Manufacturing Engineer – Radar Systems

An advanced aerospace and defense technology company is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to serve as a key technical leader supporting the production and integration of sophisticated radar and electromechanical systems.

This is a highly hands-on role focused on the production floor, where you will work directly with technicians, quality, test, design engineering, and supply chain to keep builds moving, resolve technical issues, improve manufacturing processes, and increase production yield.

The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between engineering documentation and hands-on hardware troubleshooting and enjoys solving problems in a fast-moving production environment.

• Provide hands-on manufacturing engineering support for radar assembly, integration, and test operations.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and RF-related integration issues during production.
• Rapidly identify and resolve build issues, test failures, and production constraints.
• Develop containment and corrective actions for manufacturing escapes.
• Partner with Quality and Design Engineering to disposition nonconformances and resolve recurring issues.
• Develop and improve rework and repair processes.
• Support production readiness and rate ramp activities.

• Analyze production yield, test results, environmental testing, and manufacturing failure trends.
• Identify recurring defects and systemic process weaknesses.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations using methodologies such as 8D, RCCA, and Fishbone analysis.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive measurable improvements in: first-pass yield, cycle time, rework rates, throughput, production quality.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturability and reduce production variability.

• Develop, maintain, and improve: work instructions, assembly process flows, integration sequences, standard work, manufacturing documentation.
• Apply design-for-manufacturability and assembly (DFMA) principles to production hardware.
• Design and improve fixtures, tooling, and test interfaces.
• Implement error-proofing and poka-yoke techniques.
• Identify opportunities to introduce automation where it can improve quality, throughput, or consistency.
• Interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and manufacturing requirements and translate them into practical production processes.

• Work closely with production technicians to resolve day-to-day manufacturing challenges.
• Partner with Quality, Test, Design Engineering, and Supply Chain teams on production issues.
• Support supplier-related manufacturing problems affecting production.
• Participate in daily production reviews and manufacturing readiness discussions.
• Communicate production risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities to engineering and operations leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
• Approximately 3–7+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or other complex electromechanical manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience providing hands-on manufacturing engineering support on a production floor.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical and electronic assemblies.
• Experience applying DFMA principles to real production hardware.
• Experience creating and maintaining manufacturing documentation, including: mBOMs, work instructions, process flows, standard work.
• Working knowledge of: GD&T, engineering drawings and schematics, root-cause analysis, 8D / RCCA / Fishbone methodologies, process capability and manufacturing performance metrics.
• Strong ability to work directly with technicians and engineers to diagnose and resolve production problems.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing production priorities.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Radar or other RF systems.
• Complex electronic or electromechanical assemblies.
• Production integration and environmental testing.
• RF troubleshooting fundamentals.
• PCBA integration.
• Harnesses, connectors, and cable assemblies.
• Thermal interface materials and structural assembly practices.
• Low-rate initial production (LRIP) and production rate ramps.
• Manufacturing environments transitioning from prototype builds toward higher-rate production.
• MES, PLM, or ERP systems.
• Formal Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessments.
• SOLIDWORKS or comparable CAD tools.
• IPC standards or certification.

In this role, you will be expected to quickly become a trusted manufacturing engineering resource on the production floor.

Success will include: resolving production issues quickly enough to maintain build schedules, improving first-pass yield and reducing recurring manufacturing defects, establishing clear, repeatable assembly and…