Manufacturing Engineer: Lean & Continuous Improvement

Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 67,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

PacSci EMC, a Ralliant Company, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Chandler, AZ. The role provides hands-on production support, owns manufacturing engineering activities, and partners with Production, Quality, and other groups to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.

You will drive Lean initiatives, develop and maintain procedures, and lead data-driven process improvements across production cells. This onsite role requires collaboration and strong problem-solving on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years in hands-on manufacturing engineering supporting production.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and corrective-action methods.
• Experience creating or updating manufacturing processes and documentation.
• Experience analyzing data to support technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing engineering activities for assigned production areas, including production troubleshooting, process documentation, manufacturing readiness, engineering studies, tooling and process improvements, and resolution of issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, cost, and throughput.
• Drive Lean manufacturing principles and continuous-improvement initiatives within production cells (5S, waste identification, process mapping, problem solving).
• Collaborate with production associates to identify issues and implement sustainable improvements.
• Own and improve manufacturing procedures, work instructions, standard work, and related process documentation; perform document-change activities.
• Generate and manage engineering work orders and tooling/equipment requests.
• Assist with design, qualification, and improvement of tooling, fixtures, and processes.
• Collect, analyze production data; apply basic statistical methods to identify trends and support decisions.
• Lead or support root-cause investigations and corrective actions using 5 Why, fishbone, PFMEA, DOE.
• Plan and summarize engineering studies and pre-production builds; support readiness reviews and SOCO/SOKO activities.
• Maintain manufacturing parameter databases and ensure accurate incorporation into processes.
• Identify automation opportunities and partner with automation/equipment resources on improvements.
• Coordinate daily across multiple stakeholders to resolve issues and raise barriers when needed.
• Capture tribal knowledge to strengthen procedures and training; provide support where scarce resources exist.
• Influence without authority and escalate when required; disposition NCRs with Quality.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

Statistical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Design of Experiments (DOE)

PFMEA

5S

Statistical analysis

Job description

PacSci EMC, a Ralliant Company, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Chandler, AZ. The role provides hands-on production support, owns manufacturing engineering activities, and partners with Production, Quality, and other groups to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.

You will drive Lean initiatives, develop and maintain procedures, and lead data-driven process improvements across production cells. This onsite role requires collaboration and strong problem-solving on the shop floor.