REMOTE Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineer II

Job Type: Full time
RIX Industries is a technology-focused company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of gas generation systems, precision compressor solutions, and cryogenic cooling technologies for critical applications in Marine, Aerospace, Land, Energy, Industrial, Medical, and Critical Infrastructure markets. Founded in 1878, the company is headquartered in Benicia, CA, and operates additional facilities in Sparks, NV.
The Manufacturing Engineer II independently drives improvements across the RIX value stream and owns manufacturing processes for assigned products or production areas. This role develops and implements process improvements, ensures manufacturing readiness for new products, and leads corrective actions to resolve production issues.
Independently develop, implement, and improve manufacturing methods, operation sequences, tooling, and process documentation for components, subassemblies, and final assemblies.
Own manufacturing readiness for assigned products, ensuring routings, BOM structures, labor standards, and work instructions are accurate and optimized.
Influence product design to improve manufacturability and assembly efficiency.
Identify and implement manufacturing process improvements that increase safety, ergonomics, throughput, and product quality while reducing cycle time and cost of goods sold.
Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to manufacturing failures, NCRs, and CARs in collaboration with Quality.
Estimate manufacturing costs and establish time standards used for production planning and quoting.
Support implementation of engineering changes by ensuring manufacturing documentation, routings, and shop processes reflect the latest design intent.
Coordinate with quality, production, and engineering teams to resolve manufacturing and production issues.
Provide technical support to production teams by troubleshooting equipment issues, process problems, and manufacturing bottlenecks, including assisting with rework planning when necessary.
Evaluate equipment and tooling requirements and support capital equipment implementation.
Analyze production data and performance metrics to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement within the value stream.
Lead moderately complex manufacturing improvement projects within assigned production areas.
Serve as a technical resource to production personnel and junior engineers, including providing training on new manufacturing processes, tooling, and methods.
Bachelors Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university.
A minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing or industrial engineering role.
Understanding of mechanisms and how the parts interrelate in an assembly.
Working knowledge of detail part manufacturing, assembly processes and production workflow planning.
Advanced understanding of Bill of Material (BOM) structuring and routings.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, technical writing, and presentation skills.
Outstanding analytical, planning, and time management skills.
Basic computer skills with the ability to adapt to a variety of software applications (including: Autodesk-Inventor, Visio, Excel, and Project).
Ability to communicate with others to exchange information both orally and in writing.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time based on business need.
Citizen or qualified U.May require the ability to obtain DOD security clearance.
Experience implementing Lean manufacturing practices.
Lean Six Sigma Certified.
Specific experience in the manufacture of complex machinery, and particularly promoting Design. for Manufacture/Design for Assembly principles.
Production
All persons have equal employment opportunities with RIX Industries, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).
RIX Industries is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of hydrogen and gas generation systems, precision compression solutions, and cryogenic cooling technologies. Company innovation extends to newer technologies with universal impact, including pioneering hydrogen-on-demand systems for critical infrastructure initiatives worldwide. We take our focused on the future mantra seriously whether were supporting lifesaving oxygen generation strategies for remote medical facilities, solving complex applications featuring industrial gases, providing mission critical technologies for our military, or engineering clean power solutions for land and sea. Infrastructure is at the forefront of our vision, and were poised to play a critical role in shifting the world to cleaner, safer, better ways of living and conducting business.