Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI & Process Improvement

NYCOR; Blaine (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NYCOR in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead transitions of new products into production and drive ongoing improvements in quality, cost, safety, and throughput. You will collaborate across operations, design engineering, quality, and suppliers to ensure processes meet customer specs and regulatory standards, while mentoring teams and documenting processes.

This role rewards hands-on problem solving, cross-functional teamwork, and measurable shop-floor impact in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering or related field required.
• Minimum of 10 years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience supporting new product introductions and production transitions.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate manufacturing engineering activities for new product introductions and production transitions.
• Review methods, assembly steps, and workflows to improve efficiency, quality, cost, safety, and scalability.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, production, suppliers, and leadership to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure processes, equipment, and finished products meet customer specs, safety requirements, regulatory standards, and quality levels.
• Create and maintain process flows, work instructions, procedures, packaging instructions, inspection requirements, and engineering change records.
• Design and implement tooling, fixtures, equipment layouts, process updates, and ergonomic improvements.
• Investigate production issues, returns, and performance concerns; determine root causes and corrective actions.
• Support quality processes such as RMAs, FAIs, customer compliance requests, quality control activities, and FMEA initiatives.
• Prepare data, process information, equipment requirements, reports, and technical docs for teams, customers, and suppliers.
• Provide technical support, coaching, and training to production and related team members as needed.

Skills

Solid verbal communication

Analytical problem solving

Continuous improvement

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Team coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

NYCOR in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead transitions of new products into production and drive ongoing improvements in quality, cost, safety, and throughput. You will collaborate across operations, design engineering, quality, and suppliers to ensure processes meet customer specs and regulatory standards, while mentoring teams and documenting processes.

This role rewards hands-on problem solving, cross-functional teamwork, and measurable shop-floor impact in a