Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer (US Citizenship Required)

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

** US Citizenship is required for this position. We are unable to hire Green Card Holders, individuals who need a work visa, are currently on a work visa, or individuals who will require work visa sponsorship in the future. **

Job Summary

The Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes for complex mechanical and electromechanical products. This role provides technical leadership to production operations, drives continuous improvement initiatives, supports new product introductions, and resolves manufacturing challenges to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who is comfortable spending significant time on the production floor and collaborating across functions to improve manufacturing performance. This position spends significant time on the manufacturing floor and is not focused on product design activities.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day manufacturing engineering support for production operations, assembly processes, and test activities.

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, work instructions, and production documentation.

• Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions for manufacturing, quality, and reliability issues.

• Support Design Engineering with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and transition of new products into production.

• Plan, execute, and analyze engineering tests to validate manufacturing processes, equipment, and product performance.

• Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

• Evaluate production metrics and perform data analysis to identify opportunities for process optimization.

• Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Design Engineering to resolve technical issues and support production schedules.

• Develop and support automated data collection, test methods, analysis tools, or scripts to improve manufacturing efficiency and process control.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline required.

• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting mechanical or electromechanical products in a production environment.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, mechanical assemblies, tooling design, fixtures, GD&T, and engineering drawings.

• Hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience developing and executing engineering tests, qualification plans, and process validations.

• Proficiency with CAD software and manufacturing documentation.

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Ability to create scripts and data analysis tools using Python, VBA, MATLAB, or similar languages is a plus.

• Experience with test equipment, automation, data acquisition systems, and statistical analysis is a plus.

• Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Salary Range:

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. ​