Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

This Manufacturing Engineer role takes full ownership of manufacturing activities, leading products from prototype through pilot and full production builds while driving continuous improvement in quality, cost, and efficiency. The position supports new product introduction, process optimization, and cross-functional problem solving, with a strong focus on structured methodologies and collaboration across engineering, production, and customer teams.

• Take full manufacturing responsibility for assigned products, leading them through prototype, pilot, and production builds while ensuring manufacturability, quality, and schedule adherence.
• Oversee the implementation of customer documentation changes and internal change orders, ensuring accurate and timely updates to manufacturing processes and documentation.
• Report on the status of New Product Launch (NPL) activities, including progress, risks, and mitigation plans to relevant stakeholders.
• Use statistical tools to lead quality improvement initiatives within the customer team, analyzing data to identify trends and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive internal and external corrective action plans, coordinating with cross-functional teams and customers to resolve issues and prevent recurrence.
• Actively participate in new customer development and new business development activities by providing manufacturing input, feasibility assessments, and cost considerations.
• Analyze line return information and production feedback to understand manufacturing process issues and drive effective corrective actions.
• Perform product-level testing or validation activities as required to support manufacturing readiness, quality verification, and process capability.
• Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews and collaborate with Test Engineering on Design for Testability (DFT) to ensure robust, efficient, and testable designs.
• Assist in developing project proposals and associated cost estimates, providing manufacturing process assumptions, capacity considerations, and cost drivers.
• Execute product transitional manufacturing requirements and process approaches, ensuring smooth transfer from development to full production.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of customers products as required to support transitional activities, ongoing production, and process improvements.
• Demonstrate the ability to solve and document moderately complex cross-departmental issues using structured problem-solving tools.
• Create, update, and maintain work instructions and other process documentation to support consistent, high-quality assembly and manufacturing operations.
• Support and lead continuous improvement initiatives using lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, test, quality, and operations, to ensure alignment of manufacturing processes with product requirements and customer expectations.
• Communicate clearly with internal and external customers, providing status updates, technical explanations, and recommendations in a professional manner.
• Effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities, taking on additional responsibilities as required to support business needs.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience as a manufacturing engineer in a production setting.
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, including process engineering and manufacturing process development and optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to solve and document moderately complex cross-departmental issues using structured problem-solving tools.
• Engineering-level understanding of electronic components, circuits, and systems or mechanical components and systems, depending on education and experience background.
• Experience with continuous improvement, including lean manufacturing and Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Proficiency in process improvement and project management within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with assembly processes and the creation or maintenance of work instructions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across diverse groups.
• Strong multitasking skills and the ability to take on additional responsibilities as required.
• Effective organization and prioritization skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work with minimal…