Manufacturing Engineering Lead - Process & NPI Excellence

Top Echelon Software, LLC.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC. seeks an Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to oversee activities that boost production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput.

The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and daily problem solving. You will lead a manufacturing engineering team, coordinate workload for production and NPI, and drive continuous improvements across cycle time, yield, and waste while partnering with design engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering or related field.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering for precision or engineered assembly operations.
• Experience supervising technical personnel or leading projects.
• Knowledge of process development, tooling, work instructions, drawings, and structured problem solving.
• Balance immediate production support with longer-term improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and coordinate the engineering team’s workload to support production and new product introduction.
• Develop and improve manufacturing methods, routings, standard work, assembly processes, tooling, and fixtures.
• Lead the transition of new or revised products into repeatable production processes with proper documentation and training.
• Provide technical support for production problems and coordinate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify and implement improvements in cycle time, labor utilization, first-pass yield, scrap, and rework.
• Collaborate with design engineering to review manufacturability and resolve constraints before release.
• Support equipment selection, capital project justification, installation, and process validation.
• Coach engineers and technicians, maintain process documentation, and reinforce safe work practices and quality requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Lean methods

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Equivalent relevant experience

Tools

ERP systems

Time studies

Process documentation

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC. seeks an Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to oversee activities that boost production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput.

The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and daily problem solving. You will lead a manufacturing engineering team, coordinate workload for production and NPI, and drive continuous improvements across cycle time, yield, and waste while partnering with design engineering