Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Defense Programs

Lex Innovations, LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lex Products seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own manufacturing for military programs at our Davie, FL site. You convert customer data into routings and work instructions, ensuring first-time quality and scalable production.

You will partner with our Connecticut design team, manage edits and deviations, and apply lean principles to improve yield and cycle times while growing defense capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in electronics, cable/harness, electrical assembly, or similar.
• Experience with build-to-print defense or aerospace programs, from technical data package through production release.
• Hands-on experience building routings and work instructions in an ERP system.
• Working knowledge of IPC J-STD-001 and IPC/WHMA-A-620.
• Experience with AS9100, first article inspection (AS9102), and process FMEA.
• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial, electrical, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Must be a U.S. person as defined under ITAR.

Responsibilities

• Review customer drawings, BOMs, and technical data packages for build-to-print gaps before production.
• Build routings, work instructions, and process flows for new programs.
• Design or specify fixtures, tooling, and test methods.
• Lead first article builds with Quality and resolve issues quickly.
• Manage engineering changes, deviations, and waivers, and keep drawings, BOMs, and M2M records aligned.
• Lead root cause and corrective action on manufacturing issues.
• Apply lean methods to improve flow, line balance, cycle time, and yield.
• Train operators and leads on new processes and standards.
• Work closely with Connecticut design engineering, Quality, Planning, and Procurement.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Defense/Aerospace programs

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Made2Manage (M2M)

Job description

Lex Products seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own manufacturing for military programs at our Davie, FL site. You convert customer data into routings and work instructions, ensuring first-time quality and scalable production.

You will partner with our Connecticut design team, manage edits and deviations, and apply lean principles to improve yield and cycle times while growing defense capabilities.