Senior Electronics Manufacturing Engineer — NPI & Automation

PDW; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BCBS medical coverage

401(k) with match

Parental leave

On-site gym

Job summary

Performance Drone Works (PDW) is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to lead DFM/DFT, PFMEA, and NPI efforts for high-volume electromechanical assemblies including PCBA, power distribution, and avionics subsystems.

You will collaborate with design and quality teams to optimize automation, tooling, and test lines, drive cost improvements, and maintain aggressive ramp schedules in a U.S. manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field; 8+ years supporting NPI and sustaining electrical manufacturing, aerospace/defense preferred.
• Proven success leading DFM/DFT and PFMEA cross-functional efforts.
• Strong NPI/industrialization experience including line readiness, documentation, ramp, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design Engineering to improve manufacturability of electrical designs for high-volume production.
• Lead optimization of electrical manufacturing, assembly, and test processes (avionics, power distribution, RF, embedded systems).
• Develop and refine manufacturing documentation including work instructions, process flows, routings, control plans, and test procedures.
• Troubleshoot production/test issues; perform RCA and implement CAPA to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Support development and sustainment of electrical test systems and fixtures to meet performance and OEE requirements.
• Identify automation opportunities for high-volume assembly/test; plan and ramp lines; develop tooling and fixtures.

Skills

DFM/DFT

NPI/industrialization

Automation

Equipment requirements

OEE analysis

Lean manufacturing

PCBA/test lines

Capex justification

Root cause analysis

CAD tools

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

8+ years NPI experience

Tools

Altium

AutoCAD

Visio

MS Power BI

Minitab

LabVIEW

Job description

Performance Drone Works (PDW) is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to lead DFM/DFT, PFMEA, and NPI efforts for high-volume electromechanical assemblies including PCBA, power distribution, and avionics subsystems.

You will collaborate with design and quality teams to optimize automation, tooling, and test lines, drive cost improvements, and maintain aggressive ramp schedules in a U.S. manufacturing environment.