Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Fathom Digital Manufacturing; Town of Hartland (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Additional Benefits

Employee Perks

Job summary

Fathom Manufacturing is seeking a hands-on Lead Manufacturing Engineer to translate awarded aerospace and defense programs into production-ready processes. You will lead Manufacturing Engineers and collaborate across Operations, Quality, CNC Programming, Toolmaking, Program Management, and Pre-Sales Engineering.

You will own manufacturing execution for new programs, develop CNC processes, establish routings and tooling, and drive continuous improvement for throughput, quality, and cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent precision-manufacturing experience.
• Experience supporting aerospace and defense manufacturing, new program introduction, production readiness, and controlled documentation.
• Deep hands-on CNC manufacturing knowledge, including machining methods, materials, GD&T, process planning, tooling, workholding, and inspection.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes, solving complex production issues, and improving quality, throughput, and cost.
• Working proficiency with CAD/CAM, CNC programming concepts, process documentation, and manufacturing data analysis.
• Proven success leading engineers, managing competing priorities, and driving technical execution and accountability.
• Strong operational and financial judgment, including cycle-time analysis, manufacturing cost evaluation, capital support, and quote-to-actual review.
• Ability to travel

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Manufacturing Engineers while setting clear priorities and accountability.
• Own manufacturing engineering execution for new programs, including technical handoff, process development, readiness reviews, first-piece builds, and production ramp-up.
• Develop and validate CNC manufacturing processes, including routings, machining methods, tooling, workholding, setups, inspection checkpoints, and controlled documentation.
• Partner with CNC Programming and Operations to prove out programs, improve process stability, and establish repeatable setup and cycle-time expectations.
• Define tooling, fixture, gauge, equipment, and capital requirements; support implementation and confirm expected results.
• Lead manufacturability improvements, engineering change execution, and structured problem-solving for quality and production issues.
• Improve quality, throughput, setup time, cycle time, tool life, material utilization, and manufacturing cost performance.
• Compare actual performance with quoted assumptions and apply production data and lessons learned to future programs.

Skills

CNC manufacturing

Leadership

Process documentation

Data analysis

Cycle-time analysis

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering

Tools

CAD/CAM

CNC programming concepts

Job description

Fathom Manufacturing is seeking a hands-on Lead Manufacturing Engineer to translate awarded aerospace and defense programs into production-ready processes. You will lead Manufacturing Engineers and collaborate across Operations, Quality, CNC Programming, Toolmaking, Program Management, and Pre-Sales Engineering.

You will own manufacturing execution for new programs, develop CNC processes, establish routings and tooling, and drive continuous improvement for throughput, quality, and cost.