MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEER

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEER - MEDICAL: $80,000-$111,000/YEAR, VulcanForms (Devens, MA) VulcanForms was founded to develop the world?s first industrially scalable laser metal additive manufacturing solution. The company builds and operates advanced digital infrastructure that enables innovation, accelerates growth, and supports sustainability across aerospace, defense, medical, and other essential industries. Through vertically integrated additive manufacturing and precision machining capabilities, VulcanForms delivers end-to-end production at scale by combining advanced technology with proven industrial craftsmanship. About the Role: VulcanForms is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineer for its Medical business unit. This role is responsible for building and maintaining the manufacturing execution foundation required to launch, transfer, and scale products. The Manufacturing Systems Engineer will coordinate manufacturing system inputs, documentation, part number structures, bills of materials, Methods of Manufacture, travelers, routers, inspection points, and data requirements needed to support controlled, traceable, and repeatable production. The role partners with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, IT, Planning, and other stakeholders to ensure products and engineering changes are properly configured in Epicor, MES, and related systems. This position is accountable for production readiness from a systems and documentation perspective. Daily production output, staffing, scheduling, and shop-floor supervision remain the responsibility of Operations and Production. This is a full-time, on-site position in Devens, MA. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain Methods of Manufacture, travelers, routers, work instructions, and other manufacturing execution documentation - Support new product introduction, product changes, transfers, and production scale-up - Translate engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, and customer requirements into clear, executable shop-floor documentation - Define required operations, inspection points, acceptance criteria, and traceability requirements - Support pilot builds, first article builds, validation builds, and launch readiness reviews - Identify and close documentation, routing, execution, traceability, and quality gaps before production release - Coordinate the creation and maintenance of part numbers, BOMs, routings, item masters, and related manufacturing data - Ensure master data is complete, accurate, and synchronized across Epicor, MES, and related systems - Partner with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, and IT to establish standards for data quality, naming conventions, revision control, and change management - Define manufacturing system requirements and data-capture needs for production, inspection, traceability, nonconformance, and DHR/LHR records - Support system testing, user acceptance testing, validation, training, and integration across Epicor, MES, QMS, and PLM platforms - Identify system gaps, workarounds, and opportunities for process improvement - Serve as the cross-functional interface for NPI and the Medical business unit - Drive alignment on documentation and system readiness - Support root-cause investigations and standardize launch-readiness processes - Perform other duties as assigned by management Qualifications: - Bachelor?s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered - 3+ years of experience in NPI, manufacturing engineering, manufacturing systems, or a related field - Experience creating and maintaining manufacturing travelers, routers, work instructions, Methods of Manufacture, or equivalent shop-floor execution documents - Experience with ERP, MES, PLM, QMS, or related manufacturing data sys ems