Manufacturing Engineering Manager

TA Aerospace; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan options

Dental coverage

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

TA Aerospace in the United States is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the manufacturing engineering organization, drive process development, and deliver productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The role requires strong leadership, molding expertise, and cross-functional collaboration across Operations.

You will manage budgets and capital planning, develop the team, and interact with mold designers, suppliers, and automation vendors to advance molding capabilities and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related engineering field; MBA preferred.
• 5–7 years of manufacturing engineering management experience; aerospace experience preferred.
• Proven experience improving molding operations, mold design, tooling, and processes.
• Experience specifying, qualifying, and implementing molds and molding equipment.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, process validation, and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of ERP, BOMs, capacity planning, and cost estimating.
• Proficiency with CAD tools; CATIA experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team with clear priorities, plans, timelines, and performance expectations.
• Manage the engineering project portfolio, ensuring schedule, budget, quality, and results.
• Upgrade molding department equipment, tooling, and processes.
• Develop in-house rubber and silicone molding design, prototyping, validation, and production support.
• Build tooling room capabilities from concept to production release and maintenance.
• Define mold-design standards, reviews, and tooling acceptance criteria.
• Optimize molding parameters, setups, cure cycles, material flow, and process controls.
• Interface with mold designers, toolmakers, suppliers, and automation vendors.
• Define vendor requirements, evaluate proposals, lead technical reviews, and manage performance.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve productivity and labor efficiency.
• Lead new-product introduction, molding-process development, capacity planning, validation, and transition to sustained production.
• Manage department resources, budgets, and capital expenditures.
• Establish performance metrics and drive improvements in scrap, rework, cycle time, and tool life.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

Team building

Mold process knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

MBA preferred

Tools

CATIA

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads the manufacturing engineering organization and is accountable for the manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, technical standards, and resources required to achieve the company's operational objectives. This role directs process development and industrialization, improves manufacturing efficiency and quality, builds production capacity, and delivers productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The manager develops the team, manages the department budget and capital plan, and provides technical leadership across Operations. This position is a key member of the TA Aerospace management team.

Summary

The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads the manufacturing engineering organization and is accountable for the manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, technical standards, and resources required to achieve the company's operational objectives. This role directs process development and industrialization, improves manufacturing efficiency and quality, builds production capacity, and delivers productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The manager develops the team, manages the department budget and capital plan, and provides technical leadership across Operations. This position is a key member of the TA Aerospace management team.

Position Summary

The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads the manufacturing engineering organization and is accountable for the manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, technical standards, and resources required to achieve the company's operational objectives. This role directs process development and industrialization, improves manufacturing efficiency and quality, builds production capacity, and delivers productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The manager develops the team, manages the department budget and capital plan, and provides technical leadership across Operations. This position is a key member of the TA Aerospace management team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set clear priorities, project plans, timelines, and performance expectations.
• Manage the engineering project portfolio and hold manufacturing engineers accountable for schedule, budget, technical quality, and results.
• Upgrade the molding department’s equipment, tooling, processes, controls, and technical capabilities.
• Develop in-house expertise in rubber and silicone injection mold design, prototyping, process development, validation, and production support.
• Build the tooling room’s skills and equipment to take molds from concept and design through prototyping, qualification, production release, and maintenance.
• Establish mold-design standards, design reviews, documentation requirements, and tooling acceptance criteria.
• Optimize molding parameters, setups, cure cycles, material flow, and process controls to improve quality, yield, throughput, and cost.
• Serve as the primary interface with mold designers, toolmakers, equipment suppliers, and automation vendors.
• Define vendor requirements, evaluate proposals, lead technical reviews, and manage vendor performance, cost, timing, and deliverables.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities that improve productivity, process consistency, capacity, and labor efficiency.
• Lead new-product introduction, molding-process development, capacity planning, validation, and transition to sustained production.
• Manage department resources, budgets, capital requests, tooling expenditures, and project spending.
• Establish performance metrics and drive improvements in scrap, rework, cycle time, downtime, tool life, and project execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline; MBA preferred.
• Five to seven years of manufacturing engineering management experience; aerospace experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience improving molding operations, mold design, tooling, and molding-process performance.
• Experience specifying, qualifying, and implementing molds and molding equipment.
• Strong knowledge of process validation, process capability, root‑cause analysis, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, routings, bills of material, capacity planning, and cost estimating.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and CAD software; CATIA experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, project‑management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Union‑environment experience and bilingual English/Spanish capability are preferred.

Leadership Expectations

• Set clear priorities and hold the team accountable for results.
• Use data to solve molding and manufacturing problems and sustain improvements.
• Build strong cross‑functional relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.

Benefits

Benefits include 8 health plan options, dental, life and supplemental insurance, and 401(k) with employer match.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a US person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C

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