Design Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward

Position Overview:

The Design for Manufacturing Engineer plays a critical role in driving Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives within our OEM equipment manufacturing organization. This role owns manufacturability and safety outcomes for equipment designs ensuring products are robust, cost‑effective, safe, and production‑ready.

Acting as the technical bridge between design intent and factory execution, this role directly supports Silent‑Aire’s transition from engineer‑intensive builds to repeatable, rate‑driven manufacturing systems.

What you will do:

Working closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Sustaining Engineering, the DFM Engineer acts as the technical bridge between design intent and factory execution driving design decisions that reduce complexity, eliminate rework, improve throughput, and lower total cost.

How you will do it:

Lead DFM reviews for new and existing equipment designs to ensure manufacturing readiness prior to release

• Identify and eliminate manufacturability risks related to tolerances, assembly sequence, access, ergonomics, tooling, and safety

• Drive design simplification, part reduction, modularization, and standardization initiatives across EDE programs

• Ensure designs support line‑rate production targets with minimal engineering intervention

• Embed Design for Safety principles into all designs from concept through release, ensuring hazards are eliminated or mitigated at the design level—not through procedural controls

• Ensure designs support safe manufacturing, assembly, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning, with appropriate access, guarding, and serviceability

• Eliminate unsafe manufacturing practices (e.g., manual drilling, unsafe rework, poor access) through robust design solutions, sub‑assemblies, fixtures, and poka‑yoke features

• Ensure ergonomic and human‑factors considerations are addressed to reduce injury risk during build and service activities

• Participate in peer, manufacturing, and leadership design reviews with clear accountability for manufacturability and safety outcomes

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to incorporate factory feedback early and continuously

• Support PFMEA, virtual builds, and manufacturing sign‑off activities as part of the design release process

• Act as a technical escalation point for manufacturability and safety issues identified during build or production ramp‑up

Standards, Processes, and Governance

• Develop, maintain, and enforce DFM guidelines, standard work, and design checklists within EDE

• Ensure compliance with internal drafting standards and applicable codes (e.g., ASME Y14)

• Support engineering change management by ensuring changes improve manufacturability and do not introduce downstream risk

Continuous Improvement & Throughput Enablement

• Lead VA/VE initiatives focused on cost reduction, quality improvement, and cycle‑time reduction

• Analyze manufacturing defects, rework, and non‑conformances to drive permanent design improvements

• Contribute to SKU reduction, standard part adoption, and reuse targets across programs

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a Technical/Associate Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with equivalent experience

• 7+ years of experience in equipment design, manufacturing engineering, or DFM‑focused roles

• Senior‑level product design experience delivering complex equipment…