STAFF MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Job Overview

Job Requirements

• The Staff Manufacturing Engineer will balance competing demands from production support, customer quality issues, process improvement, and new manufacturing initiatives. This individual will provide technical direction to Senior and Junior Manufacturing Engineers, challenge low-value activities, and align engineering priorities with business objectives in partnership with Engineering Management. The position requires exceptional technical judgment, advanced problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to influence organizational decisions, organize cross-functional resources, and communicate clear technical strategies without direct reporting authority.
• What Your Background Should Look Like
• Technical Strategy, Prioritization & Leadership
• Own the development and execution of a strategic manufacturing improvement roadmap focused on scrap reduction, process capability, product quality, and operational performance. • Independently evaluate manufacturing challenges, customer issues, production support demands, and improvement opportunities to identify initiatives with the greatest business impact. • Establish engineering priorities based on financial impact, technical risk, resource requirements, and expected return, while identifying and challenging low-value activities. • Provide technical direction to Senior and Junior Manufacturing Engineers, defining investigation strategies, project objectives, deliverables, and execution plans. • Organize and lead cross-functional teams, establish clear responsibilities, and communicate resource needs, priorities, and technical recommendations to leadership. • Mentor engineers in advanced problem-solving, strategic thinking, process characterization, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Advanced Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action
• Lead complex, cross-functional RCCA investigations involving chronic manufacturing defects, scrap, process variation, and customer quality issues. • Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, DMAIC, Five Why, Fault Tree Analysis, and Design of Experiments (DOE). • Develop rigorous investigation strategies to identify and verify root causes, implement sustainable corrective actions, and prevent recurrence. • Utilize SPC, MSA, process capability analysis, and statistical methods to characterize processes and establish robust manufacturing controls. • Evaluate relationships between upstream manufacturing processes, downstream testing, and product performance to identify systemic improvement opportunities.
• Manufacturing Improvement & Process Control
• Lead high-impact initiatives to improve yield, reduce scrap, strengthen process capability, and improve manufacturing reliability. • Identify and prioritize opportunities for new manufacturing systems, equipment improvements, automation, and capital investment based on business needs. • Support development and improvement of PFMEAs, Control Plans, process monitoring systems, and manufacturing standards. • Leverage manufacturing data and analytical tools to identify trends, evaluate process performance, and support evidence-based decision-making. • Establish performance metrics and verification plans to demonstrate and sustain improvement results.
• The Staff Manufacturing Engineer will balance competing demands from production support, customer quality issues, process improvement, and new manufacturing initiatives. This individual will provide technical direction to Senior and Junior Manufacturing Engineers, challenge low-value activities, and align engineering priorities with business objectives in partnership with Engineering Management.
• The position requires exceptional technical judgment, advanced problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to influence organizational decisions, organize cross-functional resources, and communicate clear technical strategies without direct reporting authority.
• Own the development and execution of a strategic manufacturing improvement roadmap focused on scrap reduction, process capability, product quality, and operational performance.
• Independently evaluate manufacturing challenges, customer issues, production support demands, and improvement opportunities to identify initiatives with the greatest business impact.
• Establish engineering priorities based on financial impact, technical risk, resource requirements, and expected return, while identifying and challenging low-value activities.
• Provide technical direction to Senior and Junior Manufacturing Engineers, defining investigation strategies, project objectives, deliverables, and execution plans.
• Organize and lead cross-functional teams, establish clear responsibilities, and communicate resource needs, priorities, and technical recommendations to leadership.
• Mentor engineers in advanced problem-solving, strategic thinking, process characterization, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Lead complex, cross-functional RCCA investigations involving chronic manufacturing defects, scrap, process variation, and customer quality issues.
• Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, DMAIC, Five Why, Fault Tree Analysis, and Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Develop rigorous investigation strategies to identify and verify root causes, implement sustainable corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Utilize SPC, MSA, process capability analysis, and statistical methods to characterize processes and establish robust manufacturing controls.
• Evaluate relationships between upstream manufacturing processes, downstream testing, and product performance to identify systemic improvement opportunities.
• Lead high-impact initiatives to improve yield, reduce scrap, strengthen process capability, and improve manufacturing reliability.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for new manufacturing systems, equipment improvements, automation, and capital investment based on business needs.
• Support development and improvement of PFMEAs, Control Plans, process monitoring systems, and manufacturing standards.
• Leverage manufacturing data and analytical tools to identify trends, evaluate process performance, and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Establish performance metrics and verification plans to demonstrate and sustain improvement results.
• Serve as a senior technical resource for customer quality investigations, corrective action activities, and manufacturing-related technical discussions.
• Collaborate with Quality, Operations, Design Engineering, Maintenance, and other functions to resolve complex manufacturing and product performance issues.
• Lead cross-functional technical teams by establishing clear objectives, responsibilities, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Communicate technical findings, investigation status, improvement priorities, and recommendations to plant leadership and customers.
• Support customer audits, technical reviews, escalations, and implementation of corrective actions as needed.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or related technical experience, including demonstrated leadership of complex manufacturing investigations and improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience independently developing and executing manufacturing improvement strategies and technical roadmaps across multiple processes or product lines.
• Proven ability to evaluate competing engineering priorities, identify high-impact opportunities, and direct technical resources toward measurable business improvements.
• Extensive experience leading complex RCCA investigations and implementing sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Advanced knowledge of structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, DMAIC, DOE, SPC, MSA, process capability analysis, and statistical methods.
• Demonstrated ability to connect manufacturing process variables to product performance and identify systemic causes of defects.
• Proven record of delivering significant improvements in scrap, yield, product quality, process capability, or manufacturing cost.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams, mentoring engineers, and influencing organizational decisions without direct reporting authority.
• Experience supporting customer quality investigations, technical escalations, and corrective action communications.
• Strong data analysis skills using JMP, Minitab, Python, SQL, or equivalent analytical platforms.
• Experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, process validation, manufacturing documentation, and change control.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and organizational skills, with the ability to communicate priorities, challenge assumptions, and influence senior leadership.
• This position involves access to information and hardware subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Candidates must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual).
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Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline required; advanced degree in Engineering or a related field preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.