Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

Veridiam is a trusted manufacturing partner specializing in high-performance alloy components and assemblies for the medical, nuclear, aerospace, and industrial markets. With origins in the precise demands of the nuclear and aerospace industries, Veridiam has a rich history of delivering critical thin wall tubing and safety-related nuclear core components to customers worldwide. Headquartered in El Cajon, CA, Veridiam is dedicated to upholding its reputation as a world-class solutions provider for the most challenging applications. With innovation and excellence at its core, the company takes pride in contributing to mission-critical industries.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Manufacturing Engineer, located in El Cajon, CA. The Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and improving manufacturing processes to optimize efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness. Daily tasks include developing and implementing production operations, troubleshooting issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The role will interface with design, quality, and maintenance teams to enhance production capabilities and meet stringent industry standards.

Essential Duties and Responsbilities

• Analyze, develop, integrate and/or maintain effective manufacturing methods to enhance and/or increase productivity.
• Provide day to day manufacturing process support to production including but not limited to fabrication processes, tooling, machining, assembly, and heat treating.
• Collect technical customer requirements and lead efforts in performing detailed analysis to create and maintain bill of material and manufacturing process documentation.
• Works with cross functional teams to determine manufacturing capabilities, production schedules and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
• Provide detailed support and oversight of new product introduction and project timelines as appropriate or required.
• Support process improvement initiatives including investigating and troubleshooting production, material or process problems.
• Apply continuous improvement methods, such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability or cost effectiveness.
• Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams during the manufacturing launch of new product introduction including technical development, project schedules, goal establishment, execution, and results evaluation.
• Assist and train others in engineering production to support employee development.
• Demonstrates ability to appear for work on time, follow directions from a supervisor, interact well with co-workers, understand and follow work rules and procedures, comply with company policies and procedures, goals and objectives, and accepts constructive feedback.
• Other duties as assigned, requested or needed.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience or equivalent of education and experience in Aerospace, Medical and/or nuclear metal components.
• Experience manufacturing with exotic metals preferred and/or TIG and/or laser welding, cold working and heat-treating processes preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma and Statistical Process Control preferred.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex problems.
• Understand verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to prioritize and handle workflow.
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules and apply general rules to specific problems.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings.

The above statements are intended to describe, in broad terms, the general functions and responsibility levels assigned to this classification. Management has the right to change duties at any time to meet business needs. 

Pay Rate: The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type, and length of experience with the industry, education, geographic location, etc.

Veridiam is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Veridiam will recruit, hire, train and promote persons into all jobs without regard to age, race, color, religion, ancestry, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran or status as an individual with a disability or any other characteristic or classification protected by law. 

Access to our facility (and, therefore, employment) is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents of the United States and properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for export control purposes.