Manufacturing Engineer (Onsite)

About the role

Cheshire Operations is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support the production and testing of high-reliability inertial products. The role involves direct, visible impact on production performance and working in a mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Support daily production and testing by troubleshooting issues and driving process stability
• Develop and improve work instructions, routings, test procedures, and operator training materials
• Lead RCCA investigations using structured problem-solving tools
• Use SAP for BOM control, routing updates, work order management, and traceability
• Support customer audits, reviews, and technical discussions
• Drive continuous improvement projects aligned with safety, quality, delivery, and cost
• Maintain configuration control and documentation discipline
• Support New Product Introduction and ensure production readiness
• Support tooling, fixtures, and test equipment readiness
• Train and certify operators on critical manufacturing and testing processes

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and less than 2 years prior relevant experience
• We prefer ERP knowledge in a production environment, strong RCCA experience, ability to interpret drawings, specs, and GD&T, strong communication skills, technical documentation transcription and structuring to meet customer quality standards, experience with documentation and configuration control, inertial manufacturing, environmental testing, or electromechanical assembly experience, software proficiency in a production environment, familiarity with AS9100/Nadcap, Lean/CI experience, and experience developing and delivering operator training.

Benefits

The salary range for this role is $57,200 - $108,800. Additional benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.