Production Engineer

Job Description

Rex Systems Incorporated is seeking a Senior, hands-on Manufacturing/Production Engineer to support urgent sustainability needs for legacy U.S. defense electronics. For over 50 years, our products have supported critical military platforms. Much of this work relies on the deep tribal knowledge held by a small, highly experienced technical team. As these systems continue to age, capturing, restoring, and extending this capability is mission critical and time sensitive. If you are an engineer who thrives on technical depth, troubleshooting, reverse engineering, and legacy electronics sustainability, this role will give you a uniquely important impact. This position directly supports the long-term survival of critical manufacturing capability. You will bridge the gap between decades of accumulated legacy knowledge and the future of our defense electronics production.

What You Will Do

• Lead manufacturing and production engineering activities for low volume, high reliability defense electronics.
• Capture and document legacy processes, tribal knowledge, and test methods from senior technicians.
• Analyze, define, and implement production methods that restore or extend manufacturability of aging systems.
• Troubleshoot complex analog, digital, RF, and mixed signal assemblies down to the component level.
• Develop test fixtures, test procedures, and conformance methods especially where no documentation exists.
• Design and fabricate simple mechanical fixtures or tooling as needed.
• Apply mechanical aptitude to support custom manufacturing solutions.
• Interpret and work from government technical data packages (TDPS), schematics, and legacy drawings.
• Support quality, purchasing, and production teams with root cause analysis, corrective action, and process improvements.
• Provide manufacturability input during bid/proposal activity.
• Maintain production documentation, work instructions, process flows, and assembly/test methods.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology and/or 10+ years hands-on electronics manufacturing & troubleshooting experience.
• Deep working knowledge of analog, digital, embedded, RF, or telecom electronics.
• Able to troubleshoot PCBs to component level.
• Strong understanding of passive/active electrical components and their properties.
• Knowledge of IPC, MIL STD 883/MIL STD 202/MIL PRF documents.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, cable testers (CIRRIS), and bench-level diagnostics.
• Ability to reverse engineer undocumented hardware or processes when required.
• Excellent documentation, organizational, and communication skills.
• Desire to help capture irreplaceable institutional knowledge from veteran engineers/technicians.
• Experience with the following is a strong advantage: National Instruments LabVIEW (highly desirable), programming languages: C, C++, embedded C, Autodesk Eagle, or other PCB layout/cad tools (highly desirable).
• Experience generating or editing Gerber files, Cirris cable testers, general CAD and schematic capture tools, mechanical aptitude; ability to design simple fixtures, machining experience (bonus).

Salary

$20 + hourly

Shift

Unspecified

Hours per Week

35

Company Information

Rex Systems Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

Application Instructions

To apply, mail a resume to:

Attn: Human Resources - Rex Systems Incorporated
10684 43rd Ave
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

Or email a resume to: admin@rexsystems.com

Fax a resume to: 715-723-1259

Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.