Manufacturing Engineer II - Lean & Automation

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mason designs, manufactures, and markets highly engineered products and systems for aerospace and defense. The Engineer II - Manufacturing role focuses on deep manufacturing and process improvement, root cause analysis, and collaboration with design and quality teams to enable scalable production of complex components.

The position requires a Bachelor's in a related field and 3+ years of experience, with emphasis on lean methods, automation, and tooling design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, electrical, or related engineering field.
• 3+ years of industry experience.
• Experience automating processes and implementing lean manufacturing.
• Ability to work closely with design, quality, and production teams.
• Experience with electronic assembly and troubleshooting is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct root cause and corrective action on parts and processes that are not in control.
• Evaluate new and existing processes to ensure quality and safety of the job.
• Create and maintain detailed manufacturing and process instructions for complex parts and processes.
• Establish time standards and identify new equipment, tool designs, and processes to improve consistency, accuracy, and cycle times.
• Design tooling, fixtures, and jigs to improve manufacturing processes and support capital equipment purchases.
• Participate in concurrent engineering to ensure new and legacy designs are manufacturable.
• Collaborate with development engineering to successfully transition new products to production.
• Drive and support Lean Manufacturing techniques in the shop, including value stream mapping, cellular manufacturing, set-up time reduction, and overall waste reduction.
• Identify and spearhead continuous improvement projects to eliminate waste, reduce cycle time and lower production costs.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Electronic assembly & troubleshooting

Process automation experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, electrical, or related engineering field

Job description

Mason designs, manufactures, and markets highly engineered products and systems for aerospace and defense. The Engineer II - Manufacturing role focuses on deep manufacturing and process improvement, root cause analysis, and collaboration with design and quality teams to enable scalable production of complex components.

The position requires a Bachelor's in a related field and 3+ years of experience, with emphasis on lean methods, automation, and tooling design.