Sheet Metal Manufacturing Engineer — Lean & CNC

United Future; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with employer match

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Life Insurance

Job summary

United Future is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer focused on sheet metal fabrication to optimize fabrication processes for agricultural equipment, including cutting, forming, and welding, to improve throughput and quality.

You will design tooling, support lean initiatives, collaborate with design for manufacturability, and program CNC cutters and robotic welding cells, contributing to safe, efficient production in a growing manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Agricultural, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years’ experience with sheet metal fabrication including profiling and bending equipment (lasers, brake presses, shears and saws).
• Good 3D CAD skills, preferably Creo.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and optimize fabrication processes for structural steel and sheet metal components used in agricultural equipment (spreaders, mowers, mergers, etc.).
• Design and improve jigs, fixtures, and tooling to ensure consistency, repeatability, and ergonomic safety in plasma/laser cutting, bending, forming, and welding.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using lean tools to reduce cycle time, scrap, and rework in fabrication operations.
• Collaborate with product engineering on design for manufacturability (DFM), particularly for fabricated parts.
• Program or support programming of CNC plasma/laser cutters, press brakes, and repeatable parts for robotic welding cells.
• Conduct time studies, capacity analyses, and workflow assessments to support production planning and equipment utilization.
• Support the implementation of capital equipment projects, including machine selection, layout, and installation.
• Participate in root cause analysis and implement corrective actions related to fabrication quality or equipment issues.

Skills

Sheet metal fabrication

3D CAD

Lean improvement

Programming CNC cutters

Robotic welding support

Education

BS in Agricultural Engineering

BS in Mechanical Engineering

BS in Industrial Engineering

Tools

Creo

Job description

United Future is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer focused on sheet metal fabrication to optimize fabrication processes for agricultural equipment, including cutting, forming, and welding, to improve throughput and quality.

You will design tooling, support lean initiatives, collaborate with design for manufacturability, and program CNC cutters and robotic welding cells, contributing to safe, efficient production in a growing manufacturing environment.