Electromechanical- Engineer

Footbridge Federal; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO & holidays

Professional development

Job summary

Footbridge Federal seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to create and maintain manufacturing documentation, build sequences, and routings for electronics, cabling, enclosures, and electro-mechanical systems.

You will collaborate with engineering and production during DFM reviews, plan hardware readiness, and refine instructions based on feedback and design changes, ensuring quality is built into every workflow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline is required.
• Strong background in manufacturing engineering, operations, or production documentation.
• Hands-on experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and BOMs.
• Demonstrated experience building routings and work instructions within a MES.
• Active Secret clearance (or Interim Secret to start).

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, build sequences, and routings for electronics, cabling, enclosures, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Partner with engineering and production personnel during DFM reviews and hardware readiness planning.
• Refine manufacturing instructions in response to operational feedback, design modifications, and continuous process improvements.
• Embed quality inspection requirements into production workflows and support non-conformance resolution.

Skills

Engineering drawings interpretation

Bills of Materials (BOMs) reading

Manufacturing Engineering

MES experience

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MES tooling

ERP/MRP platforms

PLM-to-MES data integration

Job description

• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, build sequences, and routings for electronics, cabling, enclosures, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Partner with engineering and production personnel during Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews and hardware readiness planning.
• Refine manufacturing instructions in response to operational feedback, design modifications, and continuous process improvements.
• Embed quality inspection requirements into production workflows and support non-conformance resolution.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
• Strong background in manufacturing engineering, operations, or production documentation.
• Hands-on experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Demonstrated experience building routings and work instructions within a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Active Secret clearance (or an Interim Secret clearance to start).

Preferred Qualifications

• Background supporting rapid prototyping or low-volume, high-complexity hardware builds.
• Familiarity with circuit board assembly, wire harness fabrication, precision machining, or structural integration.
• Exposure to PLM-to-MES data integration, configuration control, and ERP/MRP platforms.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
• Strong background in manufacturing engineering, operations, or production documentation.
• Hands-on experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Demonstrated experience building routings and work instructions within a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Active Secret clearance (or an Interim Secret clearance to start).

Preferred Skills

• Background supporting rapid prototyping or low-volume, high-complexity hardware builds.
• Familiarity with circuit board assembly, wire harness fabrication, precision machining, or structural integration.
• Exposure to PLM-to-MES data integration, configuration control, and ERP/MRP platforms.

Security Clearance

• Level: Secret

Travel or Schedule

• Full-time schedule (standard business hours)
• Health and Financial Foundation — Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts are described in the benefits page.
• Time Away and Flexibility Where Mission Permits — PTO, holidays, sick time, military leave, and flexible arrangements are supported where program and security requirements allow.
• Professional Development — The site references certification support, training, conferences, mentorship, internal mobility, and individual development planning.

About Footbridge

Mission

Footbridge Federal delivers engineering, cyber, mission IT, analytics, and cleared program support for defense, intelligence, federal civilian, homeland security, and research missions.

Culture

Mission Context Matters

Candidates should expect work tied to defense, intelligence, federal civilian, homeland, and research missions rather than generic commercial delivery.

Small-Team Accountability

The culture copy emphasizes ownership, communication, and practical execution across teams that work close to customers and program outcomes.

Growth With Technical Credibility

Career content supports hands-on technical growth, certifications, internal mobility, and program leadership without forcing one career track.

Benefits & why work here

• Health and Financial Foundation: Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts are described in the benefits page.
• Time Away and Flexibility Where Mission Permits: PTO, holidays, sick time, military leave, and flexible arrangements are supported where program and security requirements allow.
• Professional Development: The site references certification support, training, conferences, mentorship, internal mobility, and individual development planning.