Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: El Cajon, CA 92020

Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, methods, routings, work instructions, and production planning for aerospace components and assemblies.
• Provide hands-on shop-floor manufacturing engineering support and resolve production constraints.
• Develop technical solutions for complex issues involving materials, tooling, fabrication and assembly processes, which aligns closely with current client manufacturing engineering expectations.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs and design changes and translate them into executable manufacturing processes.
• Define and improve tooling, fixtures, jigs, gauges and manufacturing aids.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement preventive/corrective actions to reduce recurring defects and non-conformances, specifically emphasized in current client postings.
• Lead manufacturing process improvements using Lean, 5S, Kaizen, standard work, waste elimination and continuous-improvement methodologies. Current client postings explicitly call out Lean initiatives for production-process improvement.
• Improve cycle time, productivity, first-pass yield, scrap/rework, manufacturing cost and on-time delivery.
• Support First Article Inspection (FAI) and manufacturing process qualification.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Tooling, Program Management and suppliers.
• Support manufacturing configuration and engineering-change implementation.
• Develop manufacturing cost estimates and support planning for new or changed products.
• Mentor junior manufacturing engineers and provide technical direction to operators and manufacturing teams.
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering Tools
• GD&T
• Engineering drawing interpretation
• BOM/MBOM
• ERP/MRP
• CAD/CAM
• SAP
• Teamcenter or equivalent PLM

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