Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer owns manufacturing execution, quality systems, process improvements, and production readiness for rapidly growing data center cooling product lines. This role serves as the primary engineering liaison between internal teams and manufacturing partners, ensuring high production quality, robust throughput, tight documentation control, strong supplier performance, and successful product scaling. The position blends manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, and supplier manufacturing responsibilities and requires someone who operates independently, drives issues to closure, and thrives in a lean, entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing execution activities for data center cooling product lines, ensuring products move efficiently from development into stable, scalable production.
• Serve as the primary engineering liaison between internal engineering, operations teams, and external manufacturing partners and contract manufacturers.
• Own and maintain manufacturing quality systems, including control plans, PFMEAs, PPAP documentation, and other quality-related processes.
• Drive process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations to enhance throughput, yield, and reliability.
• Manage production readiness activities for new products (NPI), including production ramp planning, validation, and documentation control.
• Ensure robust documentation control for manufacturing processes, including work instructions, assembly procedures, and build documentation.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance, including supplier quality, delivery, and responsiveness, through strong vendor and supplier management.
• Conduct and lead root cause analysis and root cause failure analysis for manufacturing and quality issues, and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Support electromechanical assembly processes, including sensor manufacturing, PCB assembly, enclosures, housings, injection molding, and related operations.
• Develop, review, and optimize control plans, PFMEAs, and work instructions to ensure consistent, high-quality manufacturing outcomes.
• Oversee and support first article inspection activities and ensure compliance with quality standards for new and existing products.
• Collaborate closely with contract manufacturers to troubleshoot production issues, optimize processes, and support production ramp activities.
• Interpret electrical schematics, bills of materials (BOMs), assembly drawings, and manufacturing documentation to support build accuracy and product quality.
• Lead or support automation initiatives and lean manufacturing projects to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and standardize processes.
• Engage directly on the shop floor to work hands-on with products, fixtures, tools, and manufacturing processes to resolve issues in real time.
• Support and influence the design and implementation of manufacturing systems that can scale with multi-year growth in data center cooling products.
• Communicate effectively with engineering leadership, operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers, providing clear updates on issues, risks, and progress.
• Work independently with limited supervision, taking high ownership of outcomes and driving tasks to completion in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Skills

• 7–10+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, or Production Engineering.
• Proven experience working directly with contract manufacturers in a production environment.
• Strong experience in manufacturing engineering practices, including control plans, PFMEA, process improvement, production ramp, NPI, and contract manufacturing support.
• Hands-on experience with quality systems such as PPAP, root cause analysis, supplier quality management, and first article inspection.
• Experience with electromechanical assembly, including sensor manufacturing, industrial instrumentation, and PCB assembly.
• Familiarity with enclosures, injection molding, housings, and related mechanical components used in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience in process engineering, manufacturing process development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working knowledge of Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, and automation concepts applied to production environments.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, BOMs, assembly drawings, and manufacturing documentation accurately.
• Experience troubleshooting manufacturing and quality issues, including root cause and corrective action implementation.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to manage and influence suppliers and vendors effectively.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and operate comfortably in a high-ownership environment.
• Proven experience creating and maintaining work instructions and other manufacturing documentation.
• Experience with sensor systems and PCB assemblies in a manufacturing context.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

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