Senior Manufacturing Engineering Leader

BD; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for our Milpitas, CA site. You will lead the site manufacturing engineering organization, drive equipment readiness, process documentation, and continuous improvement to support regulatory-compliant production of sophisticated instrumentation.

You will partner with Operations, R&D, and Quality to ensure throughput, quality, and efficiency targets are met, while developing a high-performing team and sustaining safety and Lean Six Sigma practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading engineers, technicians, or technical personnel.
• Strong experience supporting electro‑mechanical instrumentation, complex manufacturing systems, or regulated manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience improving manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, fixtures, assembly operations, test processes, and production support systems.
• Experience leading capital equipment projects from business case development through implementation, qualification, and operational handoff.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the site manufacturing engineering organization supporting production, equipment, tooling, fixtures, process documentation, and technical issue resolution.
• Establish clear priorities, goals, performance expectations, and resource plans aligned with site operations and business objectives.
• Build manufacturing engineering capability, technical depth, and succession plans to support current and future business needs.
• Foster a culture of accountability, safety, compliance, continuous improvement, collaboration, urgency, and high technical standards.
• Partner with Operations leadership to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and capacity targets.
• Support manufacturing throughput, first pass yield, cycle time reduction, labor efficiency, capacity utilization, and product reliability initiatives.
• Ensure engineering support is available for day-to-day production, system and subassembly testing, troubleshooting, line-down recovery, and issue resolution.
• Lead or support capital equipment justification, selection, qualification, commissioning, and implementation to improve productivity, capacity, safety, or replace obsolete assets.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation including work instructions, routings, process specifications, PFMEAs, control plans, validation documents, and equipment procedures.
• Drive disciplined problem-solving using root cause analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to resolve manufacturing and product performance issues.
• Partner with R&D, NPI Engineering, Operations, and Quality to support successful transfer of new or changed products into manufacturing.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness for assigned projects, including processes, tooling, fixtures, equipment, documentation, test support, training, and operational handoff.
• Provide manufacturing engineering input to design reviews, process readiness reviews, pilot builds, validation planning, and production ramp activities.
• Support integration of acquisitions, product transfers, or new technologies into site manufacturing operations as required.
• Provide manufacturing engineering support for supplier selection, qualification, manufacturability reviews, and ongoing supplier performance improvement.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Quality to address supplier quality issues, material constraints, production disruptions, and corrective actions.
• Ensure critical features, inspection points, process controls, and test requirements are defined and embedded in manufacturing and QC processes.
• Maintain ownership of manufacturing engineering documentation, production process standards, equipment procedures, tooling records, and other technical manufacturing documents.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, change control requirements, validation practices, and documentation procedures.
• Develop and apply site-specific manufacturing engineering frameworks and best practices aligned with global standards.
• Ensure manufacturing engineering activities comply with applicable quality systems, regulatory requirements, and internal procedures.
• Provide technical support for audits, inspections, CAPAs, investigations, and regulatory inquiries related to manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Ensure adherence to EH&S requirements and promote a strong safety culture across manufacturing engineering activities.
• Support design control, change management, validation, and risk management processes as they apply to manufacturing operations.
• Develop and manage manufacturing engineering resource plans, project priorities, operating budgets, and capital requests in alignment with site objectives.
• Provide cost estimates, run-rate analysis, ROI justification, and input to annual operating and strategic planning processes.
• Track and report manufacturing engineering performance metrics, project status, and cost improvement results to Operations and site leadership.
• Qualifications and Experience: Required Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading engineers, technicians, or technical personnel.
• Strong experience supporting electro-mechanical instrumentation, complex manufacturing systems, or regulated manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience improving manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, fixtures, assembly operations, test processes, and production support systems.
• Experience leading capital equipment projects from business case development through implementation, qualification, and operational handoff.
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving tools including 8D, DMAIC, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and A3 methodologies.
• Strong understanding of process validation, PFMEA, control plans, risk management, and equipment qualification methodologies.
• Experience with ERP systems, MES systems, and manufacturing data analytics.
• Excellent communication, leadership, project management, and problem-solving skills.

Job description

BD is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for our Milpitas, CA site. You will lead the site manufacturing engineering organization, drive equipment readiness, process documentation, and continuous improvement to support regulatory-compliant production of sophisticated instrumentation.

You will partner with Operations, R&D, and Quality to ensure throughput, quality, and efficiency targets are met, while developing a high-performing team and sustaining safety and Lean Six Sigma practices.