Aerospace Wire Harness Manufacturing Engineer

J&M Products, Inc.; San Fernando (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

J&M Products, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing Engineer specialized in aerospace wire harnesses to develop and optimize production processes for critical assemblies.

You will translate complex drawings into actionable workflows, build routings and BOMs, and design tooling to enable efficient manufacturing. In this role you will support NPI, perform producibility reviews, and lead continuous‑improvement efforts with design, production, quality, and supply chain teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 3–5 years of manufacturing engineering experience involving wire harnesses or electrical assemblies.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and BOMs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes for aerospace wire harnesses, cable assemblies, and electrical interconnect assemblies.
• Translate engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and customer requirements into practical manufacturing processes.
• Develop and maintain process routings, work instructions, manufacturing travelers, bills of material, and standard work documentation.
• Design and develop manufacturing tooling, fixtures, templates, test equipment, and assembly aids.
• Support new product introduction (NPI), including manufacturing readiness, producibility reviews, prototype builds, first articles, and production launch.
• Provide hands‑on technical support to production personnel and troubleshoot assembly, crimping, soldering, routing, termination, and electrical test issues.
• Establish and optimize manufacturing processes for wire cutting, stripping, crimping, soldering, splicing, termination, connector assembly, labeling, shielding, and harness routing.
• Conduct process capability studies, time studies, line balancing, and continuous‑improvement activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve yield, cycle time, labor efficiency, quality and overall manufacturing cost.
• Investigate manufacturing defects and support root‑cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
• Evaluate and implement appropriate production equipment, tooling, materials and manufacturing technologies.
• Participate in PFMEA, control plans, risk assessments, process validation and production readiness reviews.
• Provide technical guidance and training to manufacturing and assembly personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Aerospace harness

Reading schematics

Process improvement

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP/MRP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

J&M Products, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing Engineer specialized in aerospace wire harnesses to develop and optimize production processes for critical assemblies.

You will translate complex drawings into actionable workflows, build routings and BOMs, and design tooling to enable efficient manufacturing. In this role you will support NPI, perform producibility reviews, and lead continuous‑improvement efforts with design, production, quality, and supply chain teams.