Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer helps drive productivity, reduce waste, improve cycle time, and maintain compliance with safety and quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Determines processes for sequences of manufacturing operations on new & existing products in accordance with manufacturing requirements
• Ensure that current equipment, tooling, and processes meet customer quality requirements and are ergonomically sound for manufacturing
• Responsible for designing tooling and implementing assignments affecting manufacturing equipment and processes to achieve desired production goals and quality standards
• Develops innovative solutions to complex engineering and manufacturing production problems through identification and implementation of advanced manufacturing processes including conducting process analysis, applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials, conferring with suppliers, and soliciting observations from the operators/production technicians
• Refines and enhances processes by applying continuous improvement and key Lean manufacturing / production principles and techniques to areas of production
• Recommend product changes / improvements to Product Engineers
• Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout. Coordinates input that may cross multiple teams or areas; makes recommendations and implements changes
• Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods, testing finished product and process capabilities, and establishing standards to confirm and validate manufacturing process requirements. Determines root cause of failure using statistical methods (e.g., design of experiment, SPC) that may result in changes in design, tolerances, or processing methods
• Evaluates capital equipment investments and prepare cost justifications. Designs and prepares concept drawings of new equipment or modifications to existing equipment. Manages the overall implementations of capital equipment projects
• Develops tooling and fixtures for new products and processes and works with tooling vendors to supply such designs
• Identifies and implements solutions for issues relating to safety, quality, productivity, and cost reductions
• Prepares documentation for new manufacturing processes and engineering procedures. Shares specialized knowledge with others. Represents Company on specific projects, leads and participates in project teams

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering
• 2-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment supporting production, quality, or continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Background in troubleshooting production issues, reducing scrap, improving cycle time, and supporting new product introduction
• Manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly, fabrication, molding, or automation
• Process improvement methods like Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S
• Ability to develop and optimize work instructions, routings, process flows, and standard work
• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerancing, prints, tooling, fixtures, and quality systems
• Understanding of safety, ergonomics, and regulatory compliance
• Must be proficient in CNC programming and have a hands-on approach in the troubleshooting of CNC equipment
• CAD tools such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD or Inventor
• ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar
• Data analysis using Excel, Minitab, or other statistical tools
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis
• Good communication with operators, supervisors, quality, and design teams
• Project management and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to work on the shop floor and drive change

Preferred qualifications

• Rubber and plastic injection molding experience is a plus
• Background in troubleshooting production issues, reducing scrap, improving cycle time, and supporting new product introduction is often preferred