NPI Manufacturing Engineer - Fixtures & Process Innovation

Valcor Engineering Corporation; Springfield (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) savings plan

Long term disability insurance

Life and accident insurance

Job summary

Valcor Engineering Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to drive fixture design, development, and validation for NPI programs. You will collaborate with design, test, and planning teams to schedule fixture jobs and optimize assembly processes.

The role emphasizes improving manufacturing cells, creating and revising processes, and leading cross-functional teams through problem solving and ECO-based changes.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or the technical equivalent.
• 3+ years of manufacturing engineering or relevant experience.
• Experience with fixture design.
• Understanding of Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing tools.
• Proficient in Solidworks.
• Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• For NPI programs, determine all needed assembly and test fixtures (create fixture list).
• Design, draw, have manufactured, inspect, and validate fixtures.
• Coordinate with planner / buyer and design & test engineers on fixture jobs / POs, priority and schedule.
• Develop new and improve existing manufacturing, assembly, and test processes and cells.
• Create and revise routers and ECO-driven processes and standards.
• Review and approve ECOs for new and changed drawings and documents.
• Lead or support cross functional teams and structured problem solving to address quality problems.

Skills

Fixture design

Six Sigma

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional leadership

Process improvement

Education

BS in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Tools

Solidworks

Job description

Valcor Engineering Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to drive fixture design, development, and validation for NPI programs. You will collaborate with design, test, and planning teams to schedule fixture jobs and optimize assembly processes.

The role emphasizes improving manufacturing cells, creating and revising processes, and leading cross-functional teams through problem solving and ECO-based changes.