Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Ammo, Brass

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Ammo, Brass

SIG SAUER, Inc. is a leading provider and manufacturer of firearms, electro‑optics, ammunition, airguns, suppressors, remote controlled weapons stations, and training. For over 250 years SIG SAUER, Inc. has evolved, and thrived, by blending American ingenuity, German engineering, and Swiss precision. Today, SIG SAUER is synonymous with industry‑leading quality and innovation which has made it the brand of choice amongst the U.S. Military, the global defense community, law enforcement, competitive shooters, hunters, and responsible citizens.

Additionally, SIG SAUER is the premier provider of elite firearms instruction and tactical training at the SIG SAUER Academy. Headquartered in Newington, New Hampshire, SIG SAUER has over 3,400 employees across sixteen U.S. locations in three states, and four additional global facilities. SIG SAUER is certified a Great Place to Work.

The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Ammo, Brass will use their engineering talent to design, develop, effectively implement, and constantly improve production processes to manufacture elite, world class ammunition for the consumer, law enforcement, and military markets. This role will focus on, but is not limited to, rifle and pistol cartridge case manufacturing.

Exempt

• Identify safety improvement opportunities and implement solutions.
• In coordination with Quality Engineering, establish, update, and maintain control plans for in process steps of ammo manufacture including the design and build of gages to verify product quality and master verification of inspection systems.
• Provide expert consultation and leadership while working with Operations personnel to identify root causes and resolution of issues affecting daily operating equipment efficiency (OEE).
• Analyze performance data to identify continuous improvement opportunities. Utilize lean or Six Sigma principles to implement efficiency improvements and maintain the gains.
• Generate annual cost savings plan for areas of responsibility via formal cost savings analysis using established procedures.
• Exert leadership and responsibility for achieving the cost, productivity, and quality goals for assigned area of production while working with cross functional teams to achieve goals.
• Design, develop, and modify tooling, tooling assemblies, and automation to improve tool life, product quality, equipment efficiency, and to support NPI through use of SOLIDWORKS and Agile software.
• Work with Quality Assurance to improve process control using statistical methods to maintain low or zero defects on the line. Develop and control trouble shooting methodologies and data.
• Develop and implement processes, and production line layouts to support a lean production environment including Kanban replenishment methodologies especially concerning tooling consumption.
• Provide budgetary estimates for equipment, tools, gages, and production rates as required.
• Work with R&D Engineers to provide expertise and ensure a seamless transition of advance or break‑through new products in development to full industrialization including procurement of tooling and equipment for new products to meet launch timelines and cost targets.
• Work collaboratively with the in‑house automation team to receive, start‑up, and assimilate newly built production equipment and meet key performance indicators. This includes executing runoffs per SIG SAUER machine specification requirements.
• Provide Engineering support for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Generate new machine specifications and negotiate requirements with vendors.
• Review 3D models and prints for accuracy and manufacturability while applying GD&T and performing dimensional tolerance stack‑up analysis.
• Collaboratively create work instructions for the production processes. Effectively implement work instructions through training, communication, videos, or other techniques.
• Perform as a technical leader and resource for co‑workers and as a mentor to less senior Engineers.
• Provide consultation on problem solving teams across multiple products and processes and complete assigned tasks and projects per…