Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Advanced Coating & Blending

Mitsubishi Power Americas; Pooler (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K Matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

Mitsubishi Power Americas is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for the Savannah Machinery Works site. The role leads the development, qualification, and automation of thermal spray coating processes used in gas turbine component manufacturing and repair, with emphasis on surface prep, HVOF bond coat, APS ceramic coating, and post-coating finishing.

This position requires technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on safety, quality, yield, and throughput, while maintaining

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting advanced welding, joining, laser processing, and automated manufacturing operations.
• Proven success leading process development, automation initiatives, capital equipment implementation, OEM partnerships, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Experience using manufacturing data to improve quality, yield, productivity, process capability, and automation performance.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, schematics, and specifications; prepare technical reports; and effectively communicate with employees, customers, and leadership.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and technical calculation capabilities.
• Proficient with robotic and welding programming software, laser systems, CAD/CAM tools, simulation software, SPC/data analysis tools, Microsoft Office, and manufacturing systems such as SAP, MES, SCADA, Windchill, DNC/MDC, and machine monitoring platforms.
• Preferred Qualification: Experience with industrial automation, controls integration, manufacturing data collection, equipment connectivity, and digital manufacturing solutions.
• Travel up to 50% to support suppliers, equipment providers, manufacturing facilities, and parent company locations

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates our core competencies: Action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self & others, and ownership.
• Lead the development, implementation, optimization, and sustainment of thermal spray coating processes, including robotic grit blasting, HVOF bond coat application, APS ceramic coating application, coating repair, stripping, and restoration.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for coating process capability, blending, dimensional restoration, cooling hole reopening, and manufacturing readiness.
• Develop and deploy manufacturing best practices, process standards, specifications, procedures, and qualification requirements to ensure consistent, repeatable, and high-quality production.
• Own coating manufacturing programs, process data, DNC/MDC systems, and change control processes to ensure traceability, validation, revision control, and compliance.
• Analyze manufacturing performance and identify opportunities to improve coating quality, yield, throughput, process capability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Develop automation strategies and roadmaps that reduce manual intervention, improve repeatability, and support next-generation coating, finishing, and material handling systems.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Automation, Tooling, OEMs, suppliers, and integrators to develop and implement integrated coating manufacturing solutions.
• Define functional requirements for machine integration, manufacturing data collection, process monitoring, adaptive controls, traceability, and future MES connectivity.
• Lead equipment acceptance, commissioning, qualification, capability validation, and production ramp-up activities.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison across engineering, operations, quality, suppliers, and global manufacturing organizations to resolve complex technical issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineers and production personnel while providing technical leadership and guidance to support business and operational goals.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

Automation

Problem solving

Communication

Technical leadership

Tools

SAP

MES

SCADA

Windchill

DNC/MDC

CAD/CAM

Job description

Mitsubishi Power Americas is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for the Savannah Machinery Works site. The role leads the development, qualification, and automation of thermal spray coating processes used in gas turbine component manufacturing and repair, with emphasis on surface prep, HVOF bond coat, APS ceramic coating, and post-coating finishing.

This position requires technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on safety, quality, yield, and throughput, while maintaining