Manufacturing Engineering Lead – Electronics & NPI

Via Logic LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager in Huntsville to lead the ME team across Product, Process, Cable, and Test Engineering, plus Data Analytics & MES. You will drive standardization and process improvements, manage budgets, and support NPI and product yield enhancements.

The role requires a strong background in electronics manufacturing, lean methods, and MES/ERP/PLM tools, with US citizenship and Secret Clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or aerospace engineering.
• 8+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience leading Manufacturing Engineers.
• Experience with electronics manufacturing (PCBA, Cable, Electro-Mechanical).
• Experience with MES/ERP/PLM software such as Solumina, Deltek CostPoint, Windchill.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing – standard flow, continuous improvement.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Leads Manufacturing Engineering team comprised of Product, Process, Cable, and Test Engineers as well as Data Analytics & MES section.
• Ensure the ME Team implements standardization developed and rolled out by the Functional ME Team.
• Identify and execute continuous improvement projects.
• Identify and reduce risks in production processes.
• Support estimating with review of new opportunities.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering to monitor engineering changes.
• Maintain staff at required skill levels to support all programs.
• Oversee equipment utilization and capacity planning for programs.
• Lead teams to determine systematic solutions for new and existing problems.
• Involve with New Product Introduction (NPI) and improving product yields.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate product and process designs.
• Lead equipment and capital investment plans to meet capacity and technology needs.
• Oversee budgets for the Manufacturing Engineering team.
• Monitor and develop KPI metrics.
• Establish and monitor production quality objectives.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain Secret Clearance.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering

Lean manufacturing

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Solumina

Deltek CostPoint

Windchill

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager in Huntsville to lead the ME team across Product, Process, Cable, and Test Engineering, plus Data Analytics & MES. You will drive standardization and process improvements, manage budgets, and support NPI and product yield enhancements.

The role requires a strong background in electronics manufacturing, lean methods, and MES/ERP/PLM tools, with US citizenship and Secret Clearance eligibility.