Manufacturing Engineer - Torque

Manufacturing Engineer - Torque

Stoughton Trailers is a trusted, industry-leading trailer manufacturer with a strong focus on safety, quality, and engineering excellence. Proper fastening and torque control are critical to ensuring product integrity, regulatory compliance, and long-term durability—especially within our Critical Road Safety (CRS) program.

What You'll Do:

• Lead development and execution of torque and fastening strategies across Stoughton Trailers manufacturing facilities
• Define and standardize fastening systems, tooling, and torque specifications for new and existing products
• Support engineering projects by leading fastening strategy from development through implementation
• Collaborate in design reviews to align fastening requirements with product design and manufacturing feasibility
• Ensure alignment on project costing and tooling investment strategy

Tooling, Systems & Technical Ownership:

• Serve as the primary technical expert for DC electric torque tools (Atlas Copco, Cleco, Stanley, Bosch, etc.) and torque auditing systems and fastening equipment
• Lead sourcing, procurement, and validation of fastening tooling and equipment
• Perform tool runoffs, validation, and installation at plant or supplier locations
• Manage tool programming and configuration, scanner programming and system integration, tool troubleshooting, repair coordination, and lifecycle management
• Maintain and update fastening tooling standards and specifications

Process Capability, Quality & Data Analysis:

• Develop and implement strategies to ensure process capability of torque and fastening operations
• Perform torque audits, calibration management, and fastening validation activities
• Analyze production data to identify trends, deviations, and process improvement opportunities
• Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) and data tools (e.g., Minitab) to drive improvements
• Lead root cause investigations related to fastening failures and tool performance issues

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:

• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and IT teams
• Support integration of DC tooling systems with digital platforms (e.g., CRS portals and data systems)
• Improve tool performance, uptime, and overall fastening process reliability
• Support supplier development and validation activities for fastening equipment

New Product Support & CRS Compliance:

• Support new product launches by validating torque specifications, fastening strategies, and quality control plans
• Ensure compliance with Stoughton Trailers Critical Road Safety (CRS) program requirements
• Maintain documentation including torque specs, tool parameters, audit records, and quality inspection data

Training, Documentation & Communication:

• Develop and deliver training for production and maintenance teams on proper torque techniques and tool usage and troubleshooting
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to plant personnel
• Maintain clear and accurate documentation for engineering, quality, and audit purposes
• Communicate findings, risks, and improvements to stakeholders

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5+ years of direct experience with fastening systems and torque tooling

Technical Expertise:

• Hands-on experience with DC electric torque tools and fastening systems
• Strong knowledge of torque theory and joint design principles, fastening techniques and application strategies, tool calibration and validation methods
• Experience with tool programming and troubleshooting, torque auditing and process control, assembly tooling and fastening implementation
• Familiarity with SPC, quality systems (QMS), and data analysis tools (e.g., Minitab)
• Experience supporting cross-functional engineering projects and multi-site operations

Additional Skills & Abilities:

• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Ability to lead both strategy development and hands-on technical implementation
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability
• Ability to travel and…