Manufacturing Engineer: Lean Ops for Aerospace & Defense

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; Commack (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Financial & Career Growth

401(k) Matching

Innovative Culture

Job summary

EnerSys Advanced Systems is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support production operations through process implementation and improvement, documentation, equipment optimization, and ensuring product quality and safety. This role collaborates with operations, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams to boost efficiency and reduce waste.

You will design tooling and fixtures, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and monitor production data for yield issues while maintaining compliance

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Manufacturing Engineering role, defense Manufacturing industry, strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing principles, quality systems, and process control.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration with various groups both internal and external.
• Excellent communication, written and verbal skills with cross functional teams.
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to lead root cause and corrective action efforts.
• Proficient with CAD software, SolidWorks a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput.
• Support day to day production activities by troubleshooting process issues and providing technical guidance.
• Function as liaison between Manufacturing and Engineering to smoothly transition newly designed products to production.
• Create and update work instructions, process documentation, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide training to production operators to fully comply with work instructions, quality standards and engineering requirements, as needed.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, including lean manufacturing and root cause analysis activities.
• Design and implement tooling, fixtures, and equipment improvements to enhance production capability and operator safety.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, process bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Monitor rework and repair operations, consistently monitor and report yield issues, and regularly highlight significant findings.
• Conduct failure analysis, identify root causes and pursue effective solutions to minimize in-process defects.
• Support equipment maintenance, calibration, and layout planning for efficient workflow.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality systems

Process control

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

EnerSys Advanced Systems is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support production operations through process implementation and improvement, documentation, equipment optimization, and ensuring product quality and safety. This role collaborates with operations, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams to boost efficiency and reduce waste.

You will design tooling and fixtures, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and monitor production data for yield issues while maintaining compliance