Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

If you are a hands-on manufacturing engineer looking to leverage your technical expertise to drive operational excellence, Emerson has an exciting opportunity for you. Based in our Chanhassen, MN facility within Pressure Operations, you will provide technical leadership and process ownership for a critical area of our production line, ensuring quality, reliability, and efficiency goals are achieved. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve process capability, enhance equipment performance, and drive continuous improvement. This is a high-impact opportunity to solve complex manufacturing challenges in a highly technical production environment.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Serving as the manufacturing engineering owner for assigned production processes, including welding, helium leak testing, vacuum oil filling, and ultrasonic oil-level measurement
• Providing daily technical support to production teams to resolve process, equipment, quality, throughput, and yield issues
• Retrieving data from databases and perform comprehensive analysis to identify trends within processes to support issue resolution and/or continuous improvement opportunities
• Leading complex projects from idea to implementation, utilizing cross-functional team members to ensure all organizational deliverables are achieved
• Staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends to enable integration of enhanced production capabilities

Who You Are:

You seek ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering with an eagerness to learn mindset brought to the table each day. You effectively communicate in various settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups. You are decisive and make high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or in the face of uncertainty. You push yourself and help others achieve results.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• A minimum of five (5) years of related experience
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Demonstrated history of leading troubleshooting efforts related to weld defects, including porosity, cracking, contamination, and inconsistent weld quality
• Experience with hermetic sealing requirements and leak-rate interpretation
• Hands-on experience with automated manufacturing equipment, PLC-controlled systems, HMI's, sensors, motion systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, or machine guarding
• Proficiency in SQL syntax and querying tools
• Welding, quality, Lean Six Sigma, project management, or related technical certifications

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family's physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities, and experience each candidate brings to a role.