Manufacturing Engineer

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Location: Pocasset, MA, Massachusetts, United States

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:

Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$-$

Security Clearance:

Secret

Level of

Experience:

Senior

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software.

HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

Leadership at HII is a mindset, not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework, we define how every employee grows, leads, and contributes—regardless of role. It sets the standard for how you can develop yourself and what you can expect from leaders across our organization. We look for candidates who want to grow in alignment with these capabilities:

• Know & Grow Your People
  – Commit to learning and supporting team success.
• Build Relationships
  – Communicate openly, collaborate well, and build trust.
• Take Ownership
  – Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work.
• Customer First
  – Focus on the mission and those we serve.
• Shape the Future
  – Bring ideas, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Act with Urgency
  – Take initiative and follow through with purpose.

These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies.

HII Unmanned Systems is seeking an experienced professional to come join our manufacturing engineering group! We are looking for an individual to support the production of our autonomous systems. As a senior manufacturing engineer, you will be responsible for supporting production operations, resolving manufacturing issues, and driving continuous improvement for new and existing products. Leading a cross functional team of 5–10 manufacturing, electrical, and mechanical engineers, the candidate will be responsible for production issue response, failure analysis and corrective actions, design and process improvements, and product delivery support.

Responsibilities may include the following:

• Support production, sustaining, and new product introduction efforts through manufacturing engineering analysis, implementation, and leadership.
• Respond to production issues in a timely manner and provide hands‑on support to diagnose and resolve manufacturing problems.
• Lead failure analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective action implementation for product and process nonconformances.
• Develop, document, and implement manufacturing process updates to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.
• Recommend and support design improvements to enhance manufacturability, assembly efficiency, reliability, and producibility.
• Communicate manufacturing issues, process changes, improvement plans, risks, and technical status to the appropriate departments, the Division Head of Integrated Product Support, and senior leadership.
• Provide documentation for manufacturing support, work instructions, process flows, and engineering changes.
• Support the development and release of technical data packages, manufacturing methods, and production documentation for new and existing designs.
• Drive configuration management philosophy in products and manufacturing processes.
• Estimate production and cost impacts for manufacturing changes, process improvements, and design updates.
• Lead a…