Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical/Systems) — Production Innovator

KLA; Paterson (NJ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Company holidays

Family care leave

Job summary

KLA is hiring in Totowa, NJ for a role within Global Operations focusing on production support and engineering execution. You will troubleshoot system-level challenges, perform failure analyses, and help manage engineering changes while collaborating with suppliers to ensure quality and cost efficiency.

The client emphasizes hands-on design and documentation, fixture development, and end-to-end production processes, with travel up to 10% and a strong emphasis on data-driven improvements.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree with 0 years related work experience.
• Master's Degree with related work experience of 3 years.
• Bachelor's Degree with related work experience of 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot system-level challenges in a production environment.
• Proven minimum 4 years of experience in related field.
• BOM structuring for multidisciplinary products, submitting, and managing engineering change orders.
• Writing procedures to document assembly instructions and production processes.
• Support development or replacement of end-of-life/obsolete mechanical parts.
• Designing and developing fixtures to support production CAD modeling and 2D drawing generation.
• Quotation, prototyping, integration, and testing.
• Work with suppliers to resolve component/yield/part problems and drive supplier quality improvements and cost reductions.
• Manage multiple projects with timelines and operate independently.
• Travel up to 10% inside and outside US.

Skills

Troubleshooting

System maintenance

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Power BI

VBA Macros

Education

Doctorate (Academic) Degree

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP ERP

Autodesk AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Catia

OrCAD

Harness design software

Cirris

Job description

KLA is hiring in Totowa, NJ for a role within Global Operations focusing on production support and engineering execution. You will troubleshoot system-level challenges, perform failure analyses, and help manage engineering changes while collaborating with suppliers to ensure quality and cost efficiency.

The client emphasizes hands-on design and documentation, fixture development, and end-to-end production processes, with travel up to 10% and a strong emphasis on data-driven improvements.