Manufacturing Engineer in Circle Pines

Energy Jobline ZR; Circle Pines (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Employer-paid Long-Term insurance

Paid time off

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Konik is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer to support the design, development, and production of cable assemblies, wire harnesses, and electronic assemblies. This hands-on role focuses on improving manufacturing processes and ensuring smooth production from prototype to full-scale manufacturing.

You will work closely with production and quality teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues, implement root-cause analysis, and drive process improvements while aligning with customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on manufacturing experience in electronics/electromechanical environments.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Experience developing processes, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, or production documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings, BOMs, and technical requirements to determine processes, materials, tooling, and production needs.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes for cables, wire harnesses, electronics assemblies, and related products.
• Support new product introductions, including process development and production readiness.
• Collaborate with production and quality to troubleshoot issues and implement improvements.
• Evaluate methods to improve quality, efficiency, cost, and repeatability.
• Support prototyping and production builds with hands-on engineering support.
• Review engineering changes to keep processes aligned with customer needs.
• Provide manufacturing engineering support for SMT and PCB/Electronic assembly processes.
• Work with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Hands-on manufacturing

Troubleshooting

Reading engineering drawings

Cross-functional collaboration

Process development

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SMT processes

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Manufacturing Engineer

Blaine, MN | Direct Hire | $75k–$90k

Konik is partnering with an established electronics manufacturer seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support the development and production of cable assemblies, wire harnesses, electronic assemblies, and custom interconnect solutions.

This is a hands-on manufacturing engineering role for someone who enjoys figuring out how products should be built, improving manufacturing processes, and working closely with production and quality teams. The Manufacturing Engineer will support projects from initial design review through prototyping, production launch, and ongoing manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Review customer drawings, specifications, bills of material, and technical requirements to determine manufacturing processes, materials, tooling, and production requirements.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes for cable assemblies, wire harnesses, electronic assemblies, and related electromechanical products.
• Support new product introduction activities, including process development, production readiness, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, and documentation.
• Work closely with production and quality teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues, identify root causes, address nonconformances, and implement process improvements.
• Evaluate manufacturing methods and identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, cost, and repeatability.
• Support prototyping and production builds, providing hands-on engineering support when issues arise.
• Review and implement engineering changes and help ensure manufacturing processes remain aligned with customer requirements.
• Provide manufacturing engineering support related to SMT and printed circuit board/electronic assembly processes when applicable.
• Work with customers, suppliers, engineering, production, and quality teams to resolve technical and manufacturing issues.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing engineering or process engineering experience within an electronics or electromechanical manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with cable assemblies and/or wire harness manufacturing strongly .
• Familiarity with surface-mount technology (SMT) and electronic assembly manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, and other technical documentation.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, or production documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with a hands-on approach to manufacturing challenges.
• Experience within medical device, aerospace, defense, or another regulated manufacturing environment strongly .
• Ability to work effectively with production, quality, engineering, customers, and suppliers.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline ; equivalent relevant manufacturing experience will be considered.

Benefits

• Health & Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Employer-paid Long-Term insurance
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedules

Konik is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , , status as a protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a , or any other protected class status.

Konik has been creating impactful relationships between technical talent and employers for more than 50 years.