Manufacturing Engineer 3

Manufacturing Engineer 3

HII's Mission Technologies division is seeking an experienced professional to join our manufacturing engineering group! We are looking for an individual to support the production of our autonomous systems.

As a manufacturing engineer, you will be responsible for supporting production operations, resolving manufacturing issues, and driving continuous improvement for new and existing products. Working in a cross functional team, the candidate will be responsible for responding to production issues, performing failure analysis and corrective actions, implementing design and process improvements, and supporting product delivery.

Responsibilities may include the following:

• Support production, sustaining, and new product introduction efforts through manufacturing engineering analysis and implementation.
• Respond to production issues in a timely manner and provide hands-on support to diagnose and resolve manufacturing problems.
• Perform failure analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective action implementation for product and process nonconformances.
• Develop, document, and implement manufacturing process updates to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.
• Recommend and support design improvements to enhance manufacturability, assembly efficiency, reliability, and producibility.
• Communicate manufacturing issues, process changes, and improvement plans to the appropriate departments.
• Provide documentation for manufacturing support, work instructions, process flows, and engineering changes.
• Support the development and release of technical data packages, manufacturing methods, and production documentation for new and existing designs.
• Drive configuration management philosophy in products and manufacturing processes.
• Estimate production and cost impacts for manufacturing changes, process improvements, and design updates.

What you will be doing:

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

What we are looking for:

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government clearance.

Bonus points for preferred candidates will have experience in:

• defense manufacturing failure Root Cause and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)
• working in a direct production support/response role performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions in a manufacturing environment
• manufacturing process development, documentation, and continuous improvement
• supporting engineering changes and configuration management in production
• interpreting engineering drawings, bills of materials, and technical data packages
• new product introduction and transition to production
• working in a cross functional team environment
• supporting electro-mechanical assembly or complex systems manufacturing

Physical Requirements:

• May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment.
• Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.