Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company seeks a Senior Laser Welding Engineer for the Colorado Manufacturing Campus in Lafayette. The role provides technical leadership to R&D and manufacturing teams, focusing on laser welding process development and validation.

The candidate will drive design and manufacturing integration for new metal bonding processes, with emphasis on process development, DOE-based optimization, and validation under IQ/OQ/PQ frameworks. On-site work at multiple CO sites may occur.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with fewer years.
• Laser safety expertise is required.
• Nice to have experience with other materials joining processes and Six Sigma/Lean skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads the innovation, development, and optimization of laser welding concepts, equipment, and processes for transfer to manufacturing.
• Executes assignments with limited oversight from the manager.
• Collaborates with R&D on material selection, geometry, and failure analysis for robust welding processes.
• Designs and prototypes processes on lab welding equipment to support development builds.
• Creates detailed specifications for new production welding equipment.
• Coordinates with equipment vendors to meet process and safety requirements and supports FAT.
• Assists with installation of new laser welding equipment in the production facility.
• Develops robust process settings for new welders using DOE and statistics.
• Performs IQ/OQ/PQ validation for laser welding equipment and validates test methods.
• Leads risk analysis for weld processes and implements mitigations.

Skills

Laser Welding Equipment

Welding Materials and Metallurgy

Manufacturing Process Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Job description

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (12 month contract // Lafayette, CO):

***W2 Only***

Top 3 Required Skills:

• Laser Welding Equipment
• Welding Materials and Metallurgy
• Manufacturing Process Development

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Years’ Experience Required: 4 years with Bachelor’s, 2 years with Master’s, or 0 years with PHD

Description:

In this role as a Senior Laser Welding Engineer in the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team for client’s Colorado Manufacturing Campus, your materials joining skills will shape both the design and manufacturing process for new products. This role will provide technical leadership to R&D and manufacturing teams as a recognized expert in laser welding. The ideal candidate for this role will have experience developing processes that bond metals to meet product use requirements for physical strength. This role reports to an Engineering Manager at the facility in Lafayette, CO and may support processes at any of client’s manufacturing sites in CO. Please note this role does work on-site in the manufacturing area but is not direct day-to-day support.

Duties:

• Leads the innovation, development, and optimization of new laser welding manufacturing concepts, equipment, processes, and procedures for transfer to manufacturing operations.
• Executes assignments with limited oversight from manager.
• Work with R&D teams on component material selection, geometry, and failure analysis to ensure robust welding processes.
• Design and implement prototype processes on lab welding equipment to support development builds during the early product design stages.
• Create detailed specifications for new production welding equipment.
• Work with weld equipment vendors to ensure machines are built to process/safety requirements and complete factory acceptance testing.
• Support installation of new laser welding equipment in the production facility.
• Develop robust process settings for new welders using DOE and other statistical techniques.
• Complete process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) for laser welding equipment.
• Test method validation for weld evaluation/inspection processes.
• Lead risk analysis activities to assess weld processes and ensure appropriate mitigations are implemented.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree in a technical field and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Laser safety expertise

Nice to Have:

• Experience with other materials joining processes, such as resistance welding or ultrasonic welding
• Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing experience or certification
• Design for Reliability and Manufacturing experience or certification