Manufacturing Engineering Leader - Scale-Up Excellence

Leonardo DRS; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Leonardo DRS is seeking a Manufacturing & Process Engineering leader in San Diego to guide a multi-disciplinary team across operations, NPI, and scale-up. You will ensure safe, efficient, scalable production execution while driving process capability, capacity planning, and quality improvements.

The role requires a strong track record in leading technical teams in production environments, enforcing engineering standards, and developing future leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field is required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in manufacturing/process/production engineering or related operations support roles with leadership responsibility.
• US Citizenship required; ability to obtain/maintain DoD security clearance after hire if not active.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of manufacturing and process engineers and technical leads in production support, NPI, and scale-up.
• Set priorities, allocate resources, and manage engineering activities within schedule and budget while enforcing standards.
• Drive manufacturing quality, efficiency, yield, throughput, and cost via CI initiatives.
• Define, standardize, and maintain manufacturing plans, flows, test strategies, and capacity plans.
• Collaborate across Production, Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product lines for manufacturability and readiness.
• Lead process development, control, and implementation of suitable manufacturing technologies and tooling.
• Oversee root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for production issues.
• Provide input to proposals, customer materials, roadmaps, capacity planning, and broader business planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and leadership development.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field

Advanced degree preferred

US Citizenship is required

Job description

Leonardo DRS is seeking a Manufacturing & Process Engineering leader in San Diego to guide a multi-disciplinary team across operations, NPI, and scale-up. You will ensure safe, efficient, scalable production execution while driving process capability, capacity planning, and quality improvements.

The role requires a strong track record in leading technical teams in production environments, enforcing engineering standards, and developing future leaders.