Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Optics & Process Leader

Excelitas Technologies; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

Holiday Pay

Paid Maternity/Paternity leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Excelitas Technologies is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Boulder, CO to drive cross-functional quality, cycle time, and process improvements. You will lead CI initiatives, MRB meetings, and production readiness reviews to ensure smooth transitions from new products to production.

The role requires 10-15 years in manufacturing engineering, Lean Six Sigma expertise, and strong data-driven decision skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics; Master’s preferred.
• 10-15 years’ experience in manufacturing engineering or a similar role.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt or demonstrated Lean Six-Sigma methodologies and tools.
• Experience using statistics and statistical process control (SPC) for data-driven decisions.
• Use of DMAIC, Ishikawa, 5-Why, fault tree diagram, value-stream maps, and time study/capacity analysis.
• Experience in low volume, high product mixture manufacturing; precision optics preferred.
• Ability to present project status to stakeholders and customers.
• Knowledge of OEE and Theory of Constraints.
• Cross-functional team leadership with multi-line project management.

Responsibilities

• Use of continual improvement and data analysis tools to identify issues in manufacturing processes and collaborate with Process Engineering and Operations.
• Work with Operations to identify process inefficiencies, bottlenecks, training needs, and continual improvement initiatives.
• Lead Production Readiness Reviews for items transitioning from New Product teams to production.
• Conduct root cause analyses on nonconforming materials and report findings to Management and customers as applicable.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers in cross-functional teams to analyze defects and optimize processes.
• Lead Continuous Improvement projects from proposal to steering committee updates.
• Optimize stable processes by yield improvement analysis.
• Lead MRB meetings to address non-conformances and systemic issues.
• Collaborate across multi-level teams and provide daily manufacturing support.
• Review and update Manufacturing plans, routings, yields, BOMs and work instructions.
• Work with finance to resolve production variances weekly.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional teamwork

Statistical analysis

Process optimization

OEE knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering or related

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Excelitas Technologies is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Boulder, CO to drive cross-functional quality, cycle time, and process improvements. You will lead CI initiatives, MRB meetings, and production readiness reviews to ensure smooth transitions from new products to production.

The role requires 10-15 years in manufacturing engineering, Lean Six Sigma expertise, and strong data-driven decision skills.