Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Sustaining & Lean Improvements

TE Connectivity

Fairview (NC)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer focused on sustaining and continuous improvement. You will own existing products, production processes, tooling and documentation, while driving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity across lines.

Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Product Engineering to stabilize and standardize processes, lead root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and advance Lean/Six Sigma initiatives to

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
7–10 years of manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
Strong hands-on troubleshooting across production, quality, tooling, and equipment.
Experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, standard work, waste elimination, line balancing, and variation-reduction methods.
Familiarity with PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, process flow documentation, capability analysis, SPC, and corrective action systems.
Experience supporting BOMs, routings, ERP/MES systems, engineering change control, production documentation, and manufacturing data analysis.

Responsibilities

Provide sustaining manufacturing engineering support for existing products, production lines, tooling, fixtures, equipment, and assembly processes.
Lead structured root-cause analysis and corrective action for production, quality, yield, scrap, rework, downtime, and customer-return issues using DMAIC, 5 Whys, 8D, fishbone analysis, and statistical methods.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, ergonomics, and process stability across existing manufacturing operations.
Evaluate process performance through capability studies, yield analysis, cycle-time studies, downtime analysis, capacity reviews, and production data trending.
Develop and implement process improvements involving work methods, tooling, fixtures, automation, mistake-proofing, line layout, standard work, and material flow.
Own and maintain manufacturing documentation for existing products, including process flow charts, PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, standard operating procedures, routings, and equipment documentation.
Support engineering change requests, product changes, supplier changes, alternate materials, tooling updates, and process changes while ensuring proper validation, documentation, and production readiness.
Partner with Quality and Operations to resolve nonconformances, reduce customer complaints, improve first-pass yield, and strengthen process controls.
Work with Maintenance and production teams to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, support TPM activities, and identify opportunities for preventive maintenance improvements.
Identify, justify, and execute cost-reduction projects through labor efficiency, scrap reduction, tooling improvements, automation, process optimization, and waste elimination.
Support capacity planning and production line balancing for existing product families, including equipment utilization, staffing assumptions, bottleneck analysis, and layout improvements.
Lead or support commissioning, qualification, and validation of replacement equipment, upgraded tooling, revised fixtures, and modified production processes.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to technicians, operators, maintenance personnel, and less experienced engineers on troubleshooting, process control, and standard work.
Collaborate with global and local cross-functional teams to transfer lessons learned, standardize best practices, and sustain improvements across manufacturing sites where applicable.