Engineering Manager: Advanced Manufacturing & Propulsion

Confidential Jobs; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Jobs is seeking an Engineering Manager to launch and scale a new production facility for advanced engine assembly, testing, and manufacturing in Wisconsin. The role starts hands-on and quickly grows to lead Manufacturing/Propulsion Engineers, working closely with Operations, Quality, and leadership.

Ideal candidates bring background in automotive/powertrain or high-volume manufacturing, with expertise in process optimization, Lean methods, and product transfer to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace, or related field.
• 8+ years in automotive, powertrain, engine manufacturing, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of high-volume, low-mix production environments.
• Experience with cycle time, takt time, line balancing, and process optimization.
• Experience transferring or launching products into production.
• Ability to lead engineers and projects and communicate with customers.

Responsibilities

• Stand up the engineering function and manufacturing operation from the ground up.
• Lead transfer and onshoring of product designs, data, processes, and IP.
• Develop and improve assembly, testing, tooling, and work instructions.
• Identify process gaps, tolerance issues, and sources of variation.
• Drive yield, cycle-time, takt-time, throughput, and process capability improvements.
• Lead structured problem solving (PFMEA, DFMEA, 8D, RCCA, fault trees, control plans).
• Support early production builds, troubleshooting, and product acceptance.
• Collaborate with Operations and Quality to create stable production-ready processes.
• Support Customer discussions by explaining technical designs and requirements.
• Build and lead a team of Manufacturing and Propulsion Engineers.

Skills

PFMEA

DFMEA

8D

RCCA

control plans

Lean manufacturing

cycle time

takt time

line balancing

first-pass yield

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturing/Industrial/Aerospace engineering background

Tools

AS9100

IATF 16949

Six Sigma

Job description

Confidential Jobs is seeking an Engineering Manager to launch and scale a new production facility for advanced engine assembly, testing, and manufacturing in Wisconsin. The role starts hands-on and quickly grows to lead Manufacturing/Propulsion Engineers, working closely with Operations, Quality, and leadership.

Ideal candidates bring background in automotive/powertrain or high-volume manufacturing, with expertise in process optimization, Lean methods, and product transfer to production.