Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, develop, and manage the Manufacturing Engineering team, including Manufacturing Engineers, Production Development Engineers, Manufacturing Software Engineers, and Production Support Technicians.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, project plans, resource allocation, and performance metrics aligned with company objectives.
• Ensure effective day-to-day engineering support for manufacturing operations by removing production constraints, minimizing downtime, and resolving technical issues.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of manufacturing processes, work instructions, test procedures, tooling, fixtures, automation systems, and production software solutions.
• Collaborate with teams on manufacturing capacity planning, line balancing, workflow optimization, and production scalability initiatives to support business growth.
• Ensure manufacturing processes, test methods, and production controls consistently meet quality, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) efforts related to manufacturing defects and production downtime.
• Manage manufacturing engineering projects, engineering changes, capital equipment investments, and departmental budgets while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Responsible for key KPI’s including production line uptime, productivity project execution, meeting production labor efficiency targets, preventative/predictive maintenance plan attainment, 5S scorecards, hazard closure rate, production cycle time versus takt time, and FPY, among others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of manufacturing engineering, production engineering, industrialization, or manufacturing support experience in a technical manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership, supervisory, or project leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading manufacturing process improvements, production support, and industrialization efforts.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects involving safety, engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain organizations.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, process validation, industrialization, design for manufacturability (DFM), and design for assembly (DFA).
• Experience with manufacturing test systems, automation equipment, production software, and engineering change management processes.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Experience with manufacturing automation, vision systems, smart tooling, robotics, or Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.