Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Machining

Role Overview

The Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineer (Lifecycle ME) is responsible for end-to-end manufacturing ownership across the product lifecycle, from new product introduction (NPI) through full-rate production. This role serves as the manufacturing engineering technical authority for assigned systems, modules, or components and partners closely with Design Engineering, Plant Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program teams to ensure manufacturability, scalability, quality, and production readiness.

What You’ll Do...

• Own manufacturing engineering strategy and execution readiness for assigned products, modules, or components
• Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) collaboration with Design Engineering teams
• Define manufacturing processes, tolerances, tooling concepts, workflows, and production requirements
• Lead manufacturing planning and readiness activities from NPI through production transition
• Partner with Plant Manufacturing Engineering teams to support process implementation and production scale-up
• Identify and resolve manufacturing risks, technical issues, and production constraints
• Drive trade studies and manufacturing decisions related to cost, yield, throughput, quality, and producibility
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for manufacturing and quality issues
• Career development and maintenance of manufacturing documentation, work instructions, process flows, and technical standards
• Serve as the manufacturing representative on Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and support program reviews and milestone activities
• Support capacity planning and manufacturing scalability initiatives for production growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, propulsion, turbomachinery, additive manufacturing, or complex mechanical systems environments
• Experience supporting products through NPI and production environments
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly, additive manufacturing, welding, or related processes
• Experience working cross-functionally with design engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams
• Demonstrated experience driving DFM/DFA and manufacturing readiness activities
• Strong problem-solving, technical communication, and organizational skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development and production environment
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.