Manufacturing Engineer

Job Overview

The Entwistle Company is seeking a skilled and motivated Manufacturing Engineer to build a long-term career in our collaborative and innovative environment.

In this role, you’ll help deliver mission-critical components that support U.S. and allied defense
, with your skills, creativity, and impact directly contributing to national and global security. We value talent, encourage innovation, and promote professional growth.

This position will play a critical role in supporting low-volume, high-mix defense manufacturing with a strong emphasis on precision, documentation control, process discipline, and on-time delivery.

Ready to make a real difference? Join us.

• Develop, document, and optimize manufacturing processes, workflows, and standard work instructions.
• Create and maintain manufacturing routers, process sheets, BOM structures, labor standards, and related ERP system data.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) activities from prototype through production release.
• Design and improve tooling, fixtures, jigs, and manufacturing aids to enhance safety, quality, and productivity.
• Evaluate manufacturing methods and implement process improvements to reduce waste, rework, downtime, and cycle time.
• Support CNC machining, fabrication, welding, assembly, wire/cable operations, paint, and final integration processes.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure products are designed for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA).

• Lead and support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, including Kaizen and 5S activities.
• Analyze production bottlenecks, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, and implement corrective actions to improve throughput and efficiency.
• Conduct root cause analysis and support corrective/preventive action activities.
• Monitor labor utilization, process flow, and operational performance metrics.
• Provide technical support and assist production teams with problem-solving.
• Participate in process audits and operational improvement activities.

• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with customer requirements, engineering specifications, quality standards, and safety/environmental regulations.
• Support compliance with ISO, AS9100, defense, and customer-specific requirements.
• Assist with nonconformance investigations, corrective actions, process validation, FAI (First Article Inspection), process qualification, and inspection planning.
• Maintain controlled documentation and revision management practices.
• Support customer, internal, and regulatory audits.

• Work closely with Production, Engineering, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to improve operational performance and meet production schedules.
• Coordinate priorities, material flow, supplier quality issues, and customer deliverables across departments.
• Provide technical guidance and training to operators and production personnel.
• Support defense-related compliance activities and customer requirements.

• 401k – 4% match on 5% deferrals
• PTO – Up to 5 weeks
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Employer Paid Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Employer provided Paid Family/Medical Leave
• Generous Health Insurance Coverage
• Dental Insurance AND Vision Insurance
• Safety Shoes & Glasses reimbursements
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Competitive pay based on experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field preferred.
• 3–7 years of manufacturing engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, industrial equipment, machinery, or other regulated manufacturing environments preferred.
• Experience…