Senior Manufacturing Engineer
About the role
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer at CGI Federal is responsible for driving advanced manufacturing planning, production readiness, and engineering to manufacturing integration for the NGC2 program. This role ensures designs are manufacturable, compliant with military specifications, cost-effective, and optimized for quality and repeatability.
Responsibilities
Develop advanced manufacturing plans, tooling requirements, and build strategies
Define manufacturing processes that ensure quality, repeatability, and compliance with Defense requirements
Translate engineering designs into efficient production workflows and work instructions
Conduct manufacturability assessments and recommend design modifications to improve production efficiency
Collaborate with engineering, configuration management, quality assurance, and suppliers to develop manufacturing processes that support modern production standards and evolving Defense requirements
Support first article builds, prototype development, and build verification activities
Diagnose production issues and implement corrective and preventive actions
Develop documentation including manufacturing plans, process sheets, routing instructions, and traveler documentation
Support supplier manufacturing readiness reviews and on-site production audits
Ensure manufacturing processes comply with military specifications, industry standards, and quality control requirements
Requirements
Education: MA/MS degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field with 8 years experience
Experience: Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting Defense systems, developing manufacturing processes, workflows, and planning packages, interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and engineering models, materials selection, certification, and production documentation, evaluating engineering change proposals, supporting change incorporation into manufacturing baselines, collaborating with CM, quality, and program teams, leading raw material selection, supplier evaluations, and material certification processes, ensuring materials and components comply with military standards, specifications, and environmental requirements, identifying opportunities for material optimization and cost reduction, utilizing CAD/CAM systems to develop toolpaths, modeling manufacturing fixtures, and supporting design for manufacturability, supporting implementation of digital manufacturing tools, model based work instructions, and advanced technical data packages, maintaining accuracy of digital build data and integrating updates throughout the product lifecycle, supporting production readiness reviews and on-site production audits, ensuring manufacturing processes comply with military specifications, industry standards, and quality control requirements
Qualifications
Technical Skills: Proficiency in CAD/CAM systems and digital technical data, strong understanding of military specifications, standards, and certification requirements, experience with manufacturing process development, tooling, and fixture design, ability to support production troubleshooting and process control improvements, leadership and communication skills, ability to collaborate across engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and program teams, experience preparing and presenting manufacturing analysis, process updates, and readiness assessments, ability to mentor junior engineers or technicians in manufacturing processes
Desired qualifications: Advanced Manufacturing Expertise, experience with additive manufacturing, automated machining, or advanced fabrication methods, familiarity with model based engineering and digital thread/digital twin environments, experience with set up reduction, lean manufacturing, and workflow optimization, tools & systems knowledge, experience with PLM/MRP/ERP systems such as SAP, Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent, knowledge of process simulation or manufacturing optimization tools, experience with statistical process control (SPC) and automated inspection technology, certifications: SME certifications (CMfgE, CMfgT, or similar), DAWIA or FAC ENG related certifications (optional but beneficial)