Engineering - Manufacturing Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Own the translation of customer drawings, specifications, and requirements into standardized, build-ready manufacturing processes.
• Identify critical-to-quality (CTQ) features and ensure they are properly controlled through process design, tooling, and documentation.
• Lead design-for-manufacturability (DFM) reviews and proactively drive improvements to reduce risk, labor, and rework.
• Develop and validate labor estimates, routings, and manufacturing assumptions for quoting and capacity planning.
• Lead manufacturing activities for NPI programs, ensuring BOM accuracy, routing integrity, and production readiness.
• Define pilot build strategy, lead pilot builds, and transition products smoothly into full production.
• Partner with Design Engineering to resolve gaps, ambiguities, and manufacturability concerns early.
• Establish process controls and acceptance criteria before release to production.
• Design, document, and optimize assembly processes for electrical control panels and related systems.
• Develop and maintain detailed work instructions, standard work, and visual aids to support safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing principles (waste reduction, flow, standardization).
• Analyze production data to identify bottlenecks, quality trends, and opportunities for cost and cycle-time reduction.
• Plan and manage manufacturing engineering deliverables across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Cook up tooling, fixtures, equipment, materials, and labor requirements to support production schedules.
• Identify risks early, escalate appropriately, and implement corrective actions.
• Serve as a manufacturing engineering point of contact for Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customers.
• Provide hands-on engineering support during pilot builds, early production, and complex builds.
• Troubleshoot production issues related to process, tooling, documentation, or equipment.
• Collaborate directly with customers to clarify requirements, resolve documentation issues, and support change implementation.
• Support production equipment and machinery from a process and reliability standpoint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Experience in electrical control panel manufacturing, machine building, or custom industrial equipment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience owning manufacturing processes from design handoff through production.
• Strong ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and customer specifications.
• Experience developing routings, labor standards, and work instructions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and project management tools.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing standards, quality systems, and documentation control.
• Comfortable operating independently with clear accountability for results.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a bias toward root cause and prevention.
• Able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, custom manufacturing environment.
• Clear communicator who can influence across engineering, operations, and customers.