Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Develop, implement, and maintain methods, operation sequences, and processes in the manufacture and fabrication of parts.
• Estimate manufacturing costs and time standards, and recommend tooling and process requirements for new and existing products.
• Act as a liaison with internal and external customers in releasing new processes.
• Work with the production lead in the selection, development, and evaluation of production personnel to ensure efficient manufacturing operations.
• Provide high-level technical expertise to integrated product team members for technical calculations, design and analysis functions, technical report writing, presentations, and other engineering functions as required.
• Take technical design and engineering responsibility for identified or assigned program tasks.
• Develop conceptual composite molding and fabrication process flows and generate associated CAD parts, assemblies, and drawings to support production tooling for molding, assembly, and inspection.
• Design, implement, and review production tooling and fixtures.
• Create production planning in the Made 2 Manage ERP system, including Item Masters, Bill of Materials, Routers, etc.
• Maintain daily interaction with the Focus factory manager and Production lead to establish clear lines of communication and define technical tasks and status updates.
• Interface with the Engineering Director when high-risk items need additional consultation to reduce manufacturing risk.
• Provide technical guidance to lower-level Manufacturing Engineers for the creation of work instructions, travelers, designs, material selections, and inspection methods in support of the production processes.
• Research and select equipment, vendors, and consultants as required for task resolution.
• Identify, maintain, and control production processes through SPC and data analysis of KPIs.
• Provide root cause and corrective action for out-of-control processes in support of AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.

• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in a manufacturing environment with a minimum of 7 years' experience with layup, molding, machining, and inspection of composite materials.
• Experience with processing techniques such as compression molding, RTM, autoclave, and out-of-autoclave.
• Experience with AS9100 quality management system.
• Excellent working knowledge of GD&T via ASME Y14.5-2018.
• Self-starter with excellent time management skills and the ability to establish objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve these objectives.
• Experience with marketing support (meetings, presentations, customer interface) and proposals (excellent technical writing skills, cost estimating).
• Ability to manage a team and be an integral team member, yet also function independently.
• Ability to make technical, data-driven decisions and execute with limited management support.
• Use logic to analyze or identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts from data to draw conclusions.
• Understand, follow, and adhere to corporate Quality Management System on a daily basis.
• Experience with machine shop practices and CNC programming.
• Mechanically able to assemble and disassemble parts and assemblies.
• Experience with composite material testing per ASTM standards.
• Experience with contact and non-contact inspection methods using CMMs.
• Experience with data acquisition systems to record temperature, position, and pressure.
• Organized, self-motivated, strong attention to detail, and high level of accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple duties, set priorities, and follow tasks through completion.
• Capable of working in an environment in which demands and priorities change based on customer requests.

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.

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