Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer
Location, Burlington, MA area

You will own and optimize manufacturing processes for assigned products, driving improvements in quality, productivity, cost, and manufacturability. Provide technical leadership for complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, process development, and automation initiatives while collaborating closely with production, quality, and design engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing operations and resolve production issues.

• Develop and maintain work instructions, manufacturing documentation, and assembly strategies.

• Design assembly fixtures, tooling, capital equipment, and automated manufacturing systems.

• Optimize manufacturing processes to improve yield, cycle time, throughput, and cost efficiency.

• Lead process improvement initiatives, root cause investigations, and corrective actions.

• Drive NPI manufacturing readiness, including process validation and documentation reviews.

• Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews, and risk assessments.

• Lead PFMEA/PFMECA activities, quality investigations, supplier quality issues, and Material Review Board (MRB) reviews.

• Qualify manufacturing equipment and implement solutions to increase factory capacity.

• Train technicians and mentor Manufacturing Engineers at Levels I and II.

Required Qualifications and Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.

• 5 to 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience, preferably in semiconductor or precision manufacturing.

• Proficiency in CAD software, such as SolidWorks, and advanced Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, such as Epicor, and manufacturing tracking systems.

• Strong knowledge of root cause analysis methodologies, including 8D, Fishbone, and 5 Why.

• Experience with Lean Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and process optimization. Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.

• Expertise in fixture design, automation integration, DFM/DFA, PFMEA, and Design of Experiments (DOE).

• Familiarity with vacuum systems, statistical analysis tools such as Minitab, and advanced Excel.

• Experience with collaboration tools, including Jira and Microsoft SharePoint.

• Demonstrated technical leadership, project management, mentoring, and cross functional collaboration skills.

• Demonstrate integrity, accountability, flexibility, initiative, and a strong team oriented mindset.

• Ability to perform primarily sedentary work, with occasional standing, walking, grasping, and lifting or moving materials as needed.

It is the policy of GCR to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. GCR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. 

GCR Professional Services is an engineering and information technology staffing firm (direct-hire, consultants, contract-to-hire).