Manufacturing and Sourcing Engineer

Nudena L.L.C.; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Nudena L.L.C. is seeking a results-oriented manufacturing engineering professional to help move products from prototype to production.

You will design BOMs, sourcing plans, RFQ packages, and landed cost analyses while coordinating DFMs and first article requirements with suppliers and shops. Ideal candidates bring multi-disciplinary expertise in BOM, costing, DFM, RFQ processes, and strong supplier communication across domestic and international networks, with a practical grasp of production

Qualifications

• Five or more years in manufacturing engineering, sourcing, supplier quality, NPI, product operations, or contract manufacturing.
• Experience moving physical products from prototype into production environments.
• Strong BOM, costing, DFM, RFQ, quality documentation, and supplier communication skills.
• A clear sense of the difference between component suppliers, prototype shops, contract manufacturers, and systems integrators.
• Comfort across domestic and overseas supply chains with clearly documented commercial assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Review design packages for quotation readiness, manufacturability, missing specifications, and supplier risk.
• Develop BOMs, sourcing plans, RFQ packages, quote comparisons, lead-time assumptions, and landed cost views.
• Coordinate DFM questions and revisions among specialists, prototype shops, and manufacturing partners.
• Define first article, inspection, sample approval, functional test, and packaging expectations.
• Track tooling, fixtures, minimum quantities, long lead components, substitutions, change orders, and freight.
• Support supplier qualification, nonconformance resolution, and corrective action.

Skills

BOM

Costing

DFM

RFQ

Supplier communication

NPI

Sourcing

Quality documentation

Supplier risk review

Job description

You help a product team understand what can be made, at what cost, and with what risk. You carry a design package into quoting, supplier comparison, sample approval, and quality planning, keeping communication clear between design, engineering, and suppliers.

What you'll do

• Review design packages for quotation readiness, manufacturability, missing specifications, and supplier risk
• Develop bills of materials (BOMs), sourcing plans, request for quotation (RFQ) packages, quote comparisons, lead time assumptions, and landed cost views
• Coordinate DFM questions and revisions among specialists, prototype shops, and manufacturing partners
• Define first article, inspection, sample approval, functional test, and packaging expectations
• Track tooling, fixtures, minimum quantities, long lead components, substitutions, change orders, and freight
• Support supplier qualification, nonconformance resolution, and corrective action

What you bring

• Five or more years in manufacturing engineering, sourcing, supplier quality, new product introduction (NPI), product operations, or contract manufacturing
• Experience moving physical products from prototype into low-volume or production environments
• Strong BOM, costing, design for manufacture (DFM), RFQ, quality documentation, and supplier communication skills
• A clear sense of the difference between a component supplier, a prototype shop, a contract manufacturer, and a systems integrator
• Comfort across domestic and overseas supply chains, with commercial assumptions documented plainly

Preferred experience

Relevant but not required.

• Consumer products, electronics, enclosures, plastics, metals, medical or wellness products, equipment, or low-volume production
• First article inspection, production part approval process (PPAP), supplier audits, ISO quality systems, or corrective action
• Korean or Asian manufacturing networks
• Freight, customs, packaging, and field support planning

Quotation readiness review BOM and sourcing plan RFQ package Quote comparison and landed cost view Supplier and manufacturing recommendation Quality and first article plan

About the opportunity

This is a paid, project-based contract opportunity, and assignments depend on suitable project availability. Scope, compensation, and payment terms are agreed in writing before any work begins.

Contract Project-based independent contractor

Location Remote or hybrid, set by project. Some assignments may require participation in Detroit or at a client site.

Hours Variable hours, no guaranteed minimum