Manufacturing Engineer

Sub-Zero Group, Inc.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, vision plans

401(k) and profit sharing

Education assistance

Electric vehicle charging

Maternity & paternity leave

Job summary

Sub-Zero Group, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly in Madison, WI to design and implement assembly processes for new product development. The role requires collaboration with design, quality, reliability, and operations to optimize efficiency and minimize waste.

You will apply engineering methods to generate requirements, manage capital projects, and create detailed process documentation to support production, ensuring capacity, quality, schedule, and cost targets are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and provide feedback for designs and concepts with respect to required assembly processes to meet product and customer need.
• Create and maintain the process plan to meet all system/product assembly requirements.
• Work collaboratively with other engineering functions (design, quality, reliability), manufacturing operations, supply chain and others to communicate process requirements and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Provide project and process requirements to NPD teams for early development activities.
• Generate and manage capital projects for manufacturing engineering from concept to implementation.
• Provide assembly expertise through design review, PFMEA and manufacturing tolerance analysis, and provide DFM/DFA feedback, with proposed solutions.
• Create relevant process documentation for communication to production engineers, supervisors and operators.
• Research and analyze process technology and methodology to implement solutions for cost efficient and robust assembly processes.
• Deliver assembly processes to the production environment, meeting production capacity, quality, schedule and cost requirements.
• Assist production support engineering functions as needed.
• Research, analyze and select required tooling as needed for assembly processes.
• Assist in training others in areas of expertise.

Skills

Strong communication

Problem solving

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or related

Tools

SolidWorks

DFM / DFA

Job description

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances is a longstanding, family-owned company. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in world’s most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

The Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly will focus to bring experience and thorough process design to new product development teams for our Process Engineering – Assembly team.

We are seeking an experienced motivated individual with an analytical and hands on approach to provide technical expertise to the manufacturing engineering staff in our assembly team. This role will drive our efforts to effectively plan, design and implement complete assembly processes and systems across the organization.

The right individual in this position will consistently apply engineering methods of design evaluation, process and equipment requirement generation, process design and documentation and process evaluation to NPD and functional projects for Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove.

This position is located in Madison, WI and will be primarily on-site.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze and provide feedback for designs and concepts with respect to required assembly processes to meet product and customer need
• Create and maintain the process plan to meet all system/product assembly requirements
• Work collaboratively with other engineering functions (design, quality, reliability), manufacturing operations, supply chain and others to communicate process requirements and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce waste
• Provide project and process requirements to NPD teams for early development activities
• Generate and manage capital projects for manufacturing engineering from concept to implementation
• Provide assembly expertise through design review, PFMEA and manufacturing tolerance analysis, and provide DFM/DFA feedback, with proposed solutions
• Create relevant process documentation for communication to production engineers, supervisors and operators
• Research and analyze process technology and methodology to implement solutions for cost efficient and robust assembly processes
• Deliver assembly processes to the production environment, meeting production capacity, quality, schedule and cost requirements
• Assist production support engineering functions as needed
• Research, analyze and select required tooling as needed for assembly processes
• Assist in training others in areas of expertise

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or related
• 3-5 years of hands‑on experience in manufacturing environment
• Good time management and prioritization skills
• Strong communication and problem solving abilities
• Project management experience
• Able to successfully communicate information between engineering and operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience mentoring, leading or overseeing teams
• SolidWorks and DFM or DFA
• Understanding of electrical concepts and controls

We Value Our Employees By Providing

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave
• Interested in learning more on our robust benefits package we offer?

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.