Corporate Advanced Manufacturing Engineer II - Fab

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Identify, scope, and execute high-impact manufacturing projects targeting total landed cost reductions, material scrap optimization, and labor efficiency gains.
• Analyze production metrics to identify equipment bottlenecks, leading root-cause problem-solving initiatives to improve machine availability, performance, and quality rates.
• Partner with corporate design engineering during New Product Introduction (NPI) within PTC Creo to ensure sheet metal designs are structurally optimized for high-speed automated production and minimal material waste.
• Formulate robust business cases and ROI calculations for major enterprise capital expenditures, linking technology investments directly to cost savings and capacity expansion.
• Establish standard corporate tooling profiles, CNC/robotic programming methodologies, and equipment specifications to streamline plant performance tracking.
• Analyze cross-facility equipment capacities to optimize internal production allocation or develop strategic, cost-effective external outsourcing relationships for overflow fabrication needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of manufacturing engineering experience directly supporting soft-tooled sheet metal fabrication plants with a documented history of driving operational cost savings.
• Practical experience using CAD and CAM software for product design and costing review.
• Core Technical Skills: Practical experience deploying lean manufacturing methods to optimize automated fabrication lines, autonomous robotic welding configurations, laser cutting, and press brake sequencing.

Preferred Qualifications

• CAD/CAM & Nesting Proficiency: Experience with PTC Creo for design review alongside specialized manufacturing suites like Amada VPSS and Salvagnini Stream.
• Advanced Robotic Welding: Hands-on programming or deployment experience with autonomous robotic weld cells, specifically utilizing AGT Robotics Cortex auto-programming software.
• Financial Acumen: Deep familiarity with manufacturing cost accounting, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models, and structured OEE calculation methods.
• OEM Systems: Direct experience implementing or managing automated equipment from major OEMs like Amada, Salvagnini, or Trumpf.
• Multi-Site Support: Experience managing capital automation or productivity projects across multiple geographic locations in a corporate engineering framework.