Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-16
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Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma -
Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma
About the job Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Job Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Location: East Aurora, NY
Office Space: Available at location listed
Number of Openings: 2
Salary: $79,955 to $147,618/Year
Company Overview: Our client is a worldwide leader in advanced flight controls and actuation for commercial and military aircraft. They supply highly reliable systems that are supportable and add significant value for their customers.
Position Summary: The Senior Manufacturing Engineer plays a critical role in supporting the Prismatic (Complex Milling) Manufacturing Group located in East Aurora, NY. The primary responsibility is to support the development of new product/development processes and apply new manufacturing technologies to existing or mature production programs. This role involves performing challenging and non-routine manufacturing engineering work and driving results through the application of standard engineering techniques and procedures.
Additionally, the Senior Manufacturing Engineer will provide support to other aircraft facilities worldwide as required.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate and develop new and emerging technologies in manufacturing engineering.
- Coordinate Design for Manufacturing efforts amongst various development engineering groups.
- Determine manufacturing procedures, operation sequencing, prepare tooling and gauge lists, create and prove out N/C programs, write detailed operations sheets and work instructions for producing complex machined parts and sub-assemblies.
- Support and improve mature programs through CAD/CAM, custom macros, and manual coding.
- Prepare, monitor, and update engineered or estimated time standards for set up and run hours, man to machine ratios, and economic run quantities for each components processes.
- Provide cost estimates for new business capture and process improvement efforts.
- Collaborate with various disciplines including engineers, technicians, operations, quality personnel, and external suppliers to solve process-related problems.
- Support production automated manufacturing cells to achieve process stability and reduced attended labor.
- Some international and/or domestic travel as required.
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of Manufacturing Engineering experience with increasing responsibility.
- Bachelor of Science Degree (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or Technology preferred).
- CAD/CAM CNC programming experience required (NX preferred).
- Strong CNC Milling machine processing, tooling, and programming (4 and 5 axis machining) experience required.
- Access to US export-controlled information.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Progressive thinker and self-starter to advance current methodologies and technologies.
- Lean mindset and leadership skills to drive change towards a Lean factory and Standardized Work.
- Strong tooling and/or fixture design experience.
- Experience developing automated and advanced manufacturing systems.
- Program management training and experience.
Skills and Certifications (bold skills and certification are required):
- CAD/CAM CNC programming experience required (NX preferred)
- CNC Milling machine processing, tooling, and programming (4 and 5 axis machining)
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