Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineer — NPI to Production

Beehive Industries; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term disability

401(k) with company match

Equity in the company

Bonus eligible

Job summary

Beehive Industries seeks a Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineer to own end-to-end manufacturing across the product lifecycle at our Knoxville, TN facility. You will drive manufacturability, define processes, and lead readiness from NPI to production, partnering with Design Engineering and Plant Manufacturing Engineering.

You will guide DFM/DFA, set tolerances, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, quality production while aligning with APQP, PFMEA, and SPC practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, propulsion, turbomachinery, additive manufacturing, or complex mechanical systems environments.
• Experience supporting products through NPI and production environments.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly, additive manufacturing, welding, or related processes.
• Experience working cross-functionally with design engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Demonstrated experience driving DFM/DFA and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Strong problem-solving, technical communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development and production environment.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing engineering strategy and execution readiness for assigned products, modules, or components.
• Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) collaboration with Design Engineering teams.
• Define manufacturing processes, tolerances, tooling concepts, workflows, and production requirements.
• Lead manufacturing planning and readiness activities from NPI through production transition.
• Partner with Plant Manufacturing Engineering teams to support process implementation and production scale-up.
• Identify and resolve manufacturing risks, technical issues, and production constraints.
• Drive trade studies and manufacturing decisions related to cost, yield, throughput, quality, and producibility.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for manufacturing and quality issues.
• Coordinate across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and program management teams.
• Improve manufacturing performance through yield improvement, cycle time reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, work instructions, process flows, and technical standards.
• Serve as the manufacturing representative on Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and support program reviews and milestone activities.
• Support capacity planning and manufacturing scalability initiatives for production growth.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFM/DFA

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

GD&T

APQP

PFMEA

SPC

Job description

Beehive Industries seeks a Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineer to own end-to-end manufacturing across the product lifecycle at our Knoxville, TN facility. You will drive manufacturability, define processes, and lead readiness from NPI to production, partnering with Design Engineering and Plant Manufacturing Engineering.

You will guide DFM/DFA, set tolerances, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, quality production while aligning with APQP, PFMEA, and SPC practices.