Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: El Cajon, CA 92020
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite
Job Description:
Responsible for developing, implementing, and improving robust aerospace manufacturing processes supporting production and new-product introduction. The engineer will provide hands-on technical support to operations, solve complex manufacturing problems, reduce defects and non-conformances, and improve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, methods, routings, work instructions, and production planning for aerospace components and assemblies.
- Provide hands-on shop-floor manufacturing engineering support and resolve production constraints.
- Develop technical solutions for complex issues involving materials, tooling, fabrication and assembly processes, which aligns closely with current client manufacturing engineering expectations.
- Review engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs and design changes and translate them into executable manufacturing processes.
- Define and improve tooling, fixtures, jigs, gauges and manufacturing aids.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement preventive/corrective actions to reduce recurring defects and non-conformances, specifically emphasized in current client postings.
- Lead manufacturing process improvements using Lean, 5S, Kaizen, standard work, waste elimination and continuous-improvement methodologies. Current client postings explicitly call out Lean initiatives for production-process improvement.
- Improve cycle time, productivity, first-pass yield, scrap/rework, manufacturing cost and on-time delivery.
- Support First Article Inspection (FAI) and manufacturing process qualification.
- Partner with Design Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Tooling, Program Management and suppliers.
- Support manufacturing configuration and engineering-change implementation.
- Develop manufacturing cost estimates and support planning for new or changed products.
- Mentor junior manufacturing engineers and provide technical direction to operators and manufacturing teams.
- Continuous Improvement
- Engineering Tools
- GD&T
- Engineering drawing interpretation
- BOM/MBOM
- ERP/MRP
- CAD/CAM
- SAP
- Teamcenter or equivalent PLM
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