Manufacturing Engineering Lead - Process & Quality

Top Echelon Software, LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC in Buffalo, NY seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor for a client that manufactures temperature sensors, compression seal fittings, and cable harness assemblies.

You will supervise manufacturing engineering activities to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput, while contributing to process development, tooling, work instructions, and daily manufacturing challenges.

Qualifications

• Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• Experience supporting precision manufacturing or engineered assembly operations.
• Experience supervising engineers or cross-functional improvement teams.
• Knowledge of process development, tooling, work instructions, drawings, and problem solving.
• Ability to balance immediate production support with longer-term improvement projects.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Quality improvement

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC in Buffalo, NY seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor for a client that manufactures temperature sensors, compression seal fittings, and cable harness assemblies.

You will supervise manufacturing engineering activities to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput, while contributing to process development, tooling, work instructions, and daily manufacturing challenges.