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Designs and improves manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and workflows to transition new products to production. Collaborates with R&D, Quality, Materials, and suppliers on manufacturability, engineering change orders, BOM/ERP maintenance, inspection criteria, RCCA, and production support within an ISO9001/AS9100D environment.

Leads manufacturing quality assurance for medical devices by investigating CAPAs, nonconformances, and audit observations; optimizing manufacturing and R&D processes using Lean and Six Sigma; maintaining risk management files; creating production documentation; and training or coordinating technicians. Partners across teams to ensure regulatory compliance, improve product quality, reduce manufacturing risk, and support device production and distribution.

Designs and improves manufacturing processes for electro-mechanical assemblies and production equipment. Develops work plans, procedures, inspection requirements, and shop-floor processes; supports production, quality, and design engineering teams. Troubleshoots electronics manufacturing equipment, tracks yield and scrap, addresses nonconformances, interprets drawings, recommends manufacturability improvements, ensures regulatory compliance, and supports Lean manufacturing and employee training.

Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, support daily production troubleshooting, drive lean continuous improvement, analyze production data to reduce waste, support new product introductions and industrialization, maintain manufacturing documentation, implement new technologies, ensure safety and quality compliance, and collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to improve productivity and sustainability.

Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods within an industrial plant. Estimates production times, staffing, and costs; collaborates with management and engineering; trains staff; applies statistical methods; leads quality and cost improvements; coordinates projects; and conducts DFMEA sessions to identify and mitigate design risks. The role is primarily office-plant based, includes occasional lifting and walking, and requires approximately 10% travel to customers and manufacturing sites.

Programs, debugs, commissions, and optimizes robotic, CNC, and automated manufacturing systems for reliable lights-out operation. Defines machining processes, designs and maintains fixtures, develops automation specifications, and leads projects from concept through production. Integrates equipment with digital monitoring and MES systems, improves cycle times and reliability, supports training and troubleshooting, and recommends capital investments. Applies statistical methods and modern Industry 4.0 practices to reduce costs, improve safety, and enhance production performance.

Leads manufacturing quality and process engineering for investment castings used in aerospace systems. Responsibilities include resolving nonconformances, improving casting processes, analyzing metallurgical and NDT data, designing molds and gating, defining shelling and thermal parameters, supporting new product introduction, and implementing cost-effective solutions. The role also collaborates with vendors and internal customers, develops training, supports audits, and drives continuous improvement, safety, and product quality.

Responsible for casting simulations and continuous improvement of foundry manufacturing processes. Runs and analyzes filling, solidification, and stress simulations; communicates results; supports product development, root cause analysis, process validation, and scrap reduction. Reviews foundry processes, develops work instructions, leads cross-functional improvement efforts, and applies simulation expertise across pattern-making, molding, melting, heat treatment, cleaning, and machining. Partners with design teams on design for manufacturability.

Supports assembly and manufacturing operations in a high-volume facility by troubleshooting equipment, tooling, and process issues; improving standard work, workflows, line balancing, capacity, safety, quality, and productivity; supporting root-cause investigations, corrective actions, continuous improvement, and new product introductions; and maintaining engineering documentation and validation records.

Supports high-volume manufacturing operations through process optimization, equipment and tooling implementation, continuous improvement, facility layout optimization, documentation, capital projects, and new product introduction. Collaborates with quality, operations, maintenance, safety, and engineering teams to troubleshoot production issues, improve safety and efficiency, enhance product quality, and implement manufacturing solutions on the production floor.

Lead continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing, applying lean methods to improve quality, productivity, safety, and cost. Develop standardized work, conduct process and scrap reviews, implement engineering changes, support product launches, and optimize production throughput. Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and product development teams on design for manufacturability, customer requests, process improvements, and cost-reduction efforts.

Develops, optimizes, and supports manufacturing processes for printed wiring boards, manifolds, and backplanes used in RF hardware. Responsibilities include process development, equipment specification, process documentation, yield and capability monitoring, automated equipment programming, troubleshooting, design-for-manufacturability support, and personnel training. Requires experience with multilayer circuit boards, drilling, CMM, routing, DOE, SPC, Six Sigma, GD&T, and process engineering. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance are required.

Leads manufacturing process improvements for assembly and machine shop production lines. Owns process flow, standard work, tooling and equipment design, validation, troubleshooting, quality issue resolution, lean initiatives, documentation, and new product development support. Uses root-cause analysis, 8D, MRB, time studies, Kaizen, GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and SolidWorks to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.

Designs, standardizes, and continuously improves manufacturing processes, assembly layouts, material flow, and production systems. Supports new product introduction, testing, validation, capacity planning, ERP integration, quality compliance, safety, and ergonomics. Leads lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, A3 problem solving, corrective actions, line balancing, and bottleneck reduction while providing daily shop-floor production support and collaborating with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering.

Supports aerospace manufacturing operations through lean manufacturing, tooling development, process optimization, automation initiatives, production data analysis, engineering work orders, and continuous improvement. The role updates manufacturing documentation, conducts PFMEA and root-cause analyses, supports experiments and production readiness reviews, verifies tooling and calibration status, maintains manufacturing parameter databases, and provides production-floor support while collaborating with quality, production, planning, program management, and document control teams.

Leads manufacturing engineering for production cells and product lines, improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, efficiency, and throughput. Responsibilities include troubleshooting equipment and process issues, developing tooling and documentation, conducting root cause analysis, supporting product introductions and transfers, leading capital equipment projects, maintaining ERP manufacturing data, validating processes, and driving Lean, Kaizen, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives. Provides technical mentoring and cross-functional support across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams.

Supports manufacturing operations by resolving production and quality issues, designing and documenting processes, developing tooling and fixtures, supporting automation and test equipment, and driving lean continuous improvements. Participates in new product launches, engineering changes, pilot runs, PFMEAs, qualifications, and validations. Analyzes process data, implements corrective actions, trains associates, and collaborates cross-functionally to improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.

Coordinates procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, coating, and commissioning of ground support equipment for aerospace programs. Improves work-order processes, manages suppliers and schedules, supports make-or-buy decisions, reconciles design intent with as-built hardware, participates in design reviews, creates manufacturing bills of materials and RFQs, manages inventory, and dispositions nonconformances. The role works closely with engineers, technicians, welders, purchasers, contractors, and leadership at an on-site rocket manufacturing facility.

Hands-on manufacturing engineer responsible for troubleshooting electronics, circuit boards, sensors, wiring, and production test systems. The role supports daily production, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, process standardization, SOP development, new product introduction, and continuous improvement in a high-mix, low-volume environment. The engineer partners with operators, technicians, quality, design, and supply chain teams while using production and quality data to reduce waste, improve yield, and strengthen troubleshooting capabilities.

Supports production engineering for high-reliability electronic products by designing tooling and fixtures, improving manufacturability and quality, implementing engineering changes, troubleshooting mechanical issues, operating 3D printers, developing work instructions, and optimizing production throughput, scrap, and first-pass yield. Collaborates with manufacturing, production, quality, and design engineering teams.

Supports production, new product introduction, and continuous improvement for precision semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Leads root-cause investigations, failure analysis, corrective actions, process optimization, manufacturability improvements, engineering changes, and supplier issue resolution. Collaborates with mechanical, optical, electrical, mechatronics, systems, and test engineering teams while analyzing manufacturing and quality data to improve performance, reliability, quality, delivery, and cost.

Manufacturing Engineer supporting semiconductor capital equipment production, new product introduction, design transfers, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include root cause investigations, failure analysis, manufacturing process optimization, BOM and work-instruction development, manufacturing and quality data analysis, supplier issue resolution, and cross-functional collaboration to improve product quality, reliability, manufacturability, delivery, and cost.

Improve manufacturing processes for complex electrical test equipment by troubleshooting assembly issues, driving continuous improvement, standardizing processes, managing electronics-processing capital projects, creating work instructions and training materials, supporting design-for-manufacturability reviews, improving labor and material efficiency, and assisting quality corrective actions and safety remediation.

Supports the Quality Management System for aerospace electrical wiring harness manufacturing. Responsibilities include maintaining quality documentation, conducting root cause analysis and corrective actions, supporting audits and supplier quality, reviewing First Article Inspection packages, overseeing inspections, managing nonconforming material, analyzing quality metrics, ensuring standards compliance, and training production personnel.

Lead a team of engineers to build flight-ready mechanisms and integrated subassemblies, manage cross-functional efforts, and provide technical leadership to optimize production processes.