Principal Manufacturing Engineer

EPS Connects LLC; Suffield (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EPS Connects LLC seeks a Principal Manufacturing Engineer in Suffield, CT, specializing in laser processing and advanced manufacturing. This senior role leads process development from concept through production, evaluating feasibility and defining equipment needs for new programs.

You will mentor engineers, establish laser processing standards, and work with cross-functional teams to scale complex manufacturing solutions for medical device applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Approximately 10 years of experience in laser processing, advanced manufacturing, or related precision manufacturing technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with precision laser processes such as laser welding, laser cutting, laser marking, or laser micromachining.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes from concept through production.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, implementing, or qualifying manufacturing equipment.
• Strong manufacturing troubleshooting and root-cause problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting DFM, technical feasibility evaluations, or technical quotations.
• Ability to work directly with customers and translate technical requirements into practical manufacturing solutions.
• Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Developing and optimizing precision laser processes including laser welding, cutting, marking, micromachining, and related technologies.
• Evaluating new products and customer requirements for manufacturing feasibility.
• Leading process development from early concept through validation and production.
• Supporting DFM and recommending practical manufacturing approaches for complex products.
• Evaluating new manufacturing technologies and capital equipment.
• Supporting technical quotations and helping define equipment, tooling, and process requirements for new programs.
• Troubleshooting difficult manufacturing and process problems.
• Supporting equipment implementation, process validation, and production scale-up.
• Working directly with customers, engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams.
• Establishing technical standards and best practices for laser processing.
• Mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple manufacturing operations.

Skills

Laser processing

Laser welding

Laser cutting

Laser marking

Micromachining

Advanced manufacturing

Process development

DFM

Equipment evaluation

Technical leadership

Customer collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Laser equipment techs

Job description

Principal Manufacturing Engineer — Laser Processing & Advanced Manufacturing

Location: Suffield, CT

Industry: Medical Device Manufacturing

Help Define What’s Possible in Precision Manufacturing

We’re recruiting a Principal Manufacturing Engineer for a growing medical device manufacturing organization in Suffield, CT.

This is a senior technical role for an engineer with deep experience in laser processing and advanced manufacturing who enjoys solving difficult manufacturing problems, developing new capabilities, and taking processes from early concept through production.

You won’t simply inherit established processes and maintain them.

You’ll help determine how new products should be manufactured in the first place—evaluating technical feasibility, developing processes, identifying equipment and technology needs, and helping turn challenging customer requirements into scalable manufacturing solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert in laser processing and advanced manufacturing.

Your work will include:

• Developing and optimizing precision laser processes including laser welding, cutting, marking, micromachining, and related technologies
• Evaluating new products and customer requirements for manufacturing feasibility
• Leading process development from early concept through validation and production
• Supporting DFM and recommending practical manufacturing approaches for complex products
• Evaluating new manufacturing technologies and capital equipment
• Supporting technical quotations and helping define equipment, tooling, and process requirements for new programs
• Troubleshooting difficult manufacturing and process problems
• Supporting equipment implementation, process validation, and production scale-up
• Working directly with customers, engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams
• Establishing technical standards and best practices for laser processing
• Mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple manufacturing operations

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who has developed enough depth in laser processing that they’ve become a go-to technical resource when the manufacturing problem gets difficult.

The ideal background includes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Approximately 10 years of experience in laser processing, advanced manufacturing, or related precision manufacturing technologies
• Strong hands‑on experience with one or more precision laser processes such as laser welding, laser cutting, laser marking, or laser micromachining
• Experience developing manufacturing processes from concept through production
• Experience evaluating, selecting, implementing, or qualifying manufacturing equipment
• Strong manufacturing troubleshooting and root‑cause problem‑solving skills
• Experience supporting DFM, technical feasibility evaluations, or technical quotations
• Ability to work directly with customers and translate technical requirements into practical manufacturing solutions
• Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring other engineers

Experience in medical device, aerospace, or another highly regulated precision manufacturing environment is highly desirable.

Why Consider It?

This is an opportunity to have influence beyond a single manufacturing line or process.

You’ll help shape new manufacturing capabilities, evaluate emerging technologies, solve complex technical problems, and influence how new customer programs are manufactured.

For someone who enjoys being the technical person others call when “we haven’t done this before” becomes the challenge, this could be a very interesting next step.