Production Manufacturing Engineer — Lean & Automation

VulcanForms Inc.; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Generous paid time off

Equity package

Job summary

VulcanForms Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking a Production Manufacturing Engineer to scale advanced manufacturing processes for high‑volume precision components in the consumer electronics sector.

You will develop, optimize, and sustain manufacturing methods to deliver quality, throughput, and efficiency on the shop floor. Working with cross‑functional teams, you will transition new products to production, drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma, and enhance equipment performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in production environments.
• Experience in high-volume or precision manufacturing.
• Strong skills in process development, production support, continuous improvement, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with MES and ERP systems.
• Ability to use data-driven decision making to improve process performance.
• Excellent communication across engineering and operations.
• Hands-on on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, yield, throughput, and cost.
• Provide day-to-day engineering support to production operations by troubleshooting process and equipment issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to transition new products from development into full-rate production.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical analysis.
• Create, maintain, and improve manufacturing documentation including work instructions and control plans.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify process variation and improve capability.
• Collaborate with Automation, Equipment Engineering, and Maintenance to improve OEE.
• Support process validation, qualification activities, and engineering changes.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Root cause analysis

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on floor work

Process validation

Tools

MES systems

ERP systems

Job description

VulcanForms Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking a Production Manufacturing Engineer to scale advanced manufacturing processes for high‑volume precision components in the consumer electronics sector.

You will develop, optimize, and sustain manufacturing methods to deliver quality, throughput, and efficiency on the shop floor. Working with cross‑functional teams, you will transition new products to production, drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma, and enhance equipment performance