Advanced Manufacturing Project Engineer

Milwaukee Tool•Menomonee Falls, WI

About The Position

The Advanced Manufacturing Project Engineer works in a highly collaborative environment, coordinating manufacturing projects and supporting readiness from early product development through equipment delivery, process validation, production launch, and handoff to site operations. The role partners with Product Engineering, Product Marketing, Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Supply Chain, GAME Technology, suppliers, and global manufacturing sites. It owns cross-functional coordination, project visibility, and manufacturing readiness, while GAME Technology and other subject-matter experts retain deeper technical leadership for specialized processes, equipment, and manufacturing technologies. The engineer supports manufacturing deliverables and technical evaluations, participates in builds and launch activities, and helps resolve issues involving quality, throughput, yield, and reliability. The position requires domestic and international travel estimated at 20%–25%, including trips that may last one to two weeks and may involve weekend travel. Hands-on participation in prototype builds, equipment reviews, process validation, and launch problem-solving is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
Entry-level position; zero to two years of relevant manufacturing, engineering, operations, or project experience is preferred.
Foundational understanding of manufacturing processes, engineering problem solving, and project execution.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Strong written, verbal, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally; estimated annual travel is 20%–25%.
Ability and willingness to participate hands-on during prototype builds, equipment reviews, process validation, and launch problem-solving.
Ability to work effectively across functions, cultures, time zones, and global manufacturing locations.
Ability to learn technical material quickly, ask effective questions, and seek support from technical experts when appropriate.
Ability to manage multiple assignments, maintain attention to detail, and adapt priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Internship, co-op, senior-design, laboratory, or other hands-on engineering project experience.
Exposure to project-management practices such as schedules, action tracking, risk management, milestone reviews, and status reporting.
Exposure to manufacturing engineering tools such as process flow development, PFMEA, control plans, capability analysis, Design for Manufacturability and Assembly, root-cause analysis, or process validation.
Experience with high-volume assembly, motors, batteries, automation, equipment development, inspection, testing, or joining processes.
Experience with project-management, data-analysis, visualization, statistical, or CAD tools.

Responsibilities

Coordinate assigned manufacturing projects and workstreams from early product development through equipment delivery, process validation, production launch, and handoff to site operations.
Own Operations VIGOR milestone planning and execution for assigned projects, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, action logs, risk registers, decision records, and milestone-readiness plans.
Facilitate recurring cross-functional meetings, document decisions and actions, and follow up with owners.
Track project scope, schedule, cost, quality, capacity, and resource requirements; escalate risks and barriers with recommendations.
Communicate project health, milestone readiness, key decisions, and recovery plans through written updates and presentations.
Support fact-based trade-off discussions covering cost, schedule, quality, capacity, manufacturability, risk, and business impact.
Coordinate project handoffs and clarify responsibilities across GAME, GAME Technology, suppliers, and manufacturing sites.
Capture lessons learned and incorporate them into future programs, standards, and execution templates.
Build working relationships with cross-functional engineering, marketing, supply chain, technology, supplier, and manufacturing teams.
Represent manufacturing requirements, risks, assumptions, and readiness needs in project and milestone reviews.
Partner with Product Engineering on Design for Manufacturability and Assembly reviews and early consideration of production requirements.
Coordinate with Quality Engineering and Reliability Engineering on manufacturing controls, validation, inspection methods, and risk mitigation.
Work with Product Marketing and project leadership to understand product timing, business priorities, demand assumptions, and launch requirements.
Work with site manufacturing teams to define readiness expectations, training, documentation, staffing assumptions, and support plans.
Engage GAME Technology and other subject-matter experts when projects need specialized expertise; coordinate technical activities and decision timing while respecting technical ownership.
Support development and maintenance of process flows, line layouts, capacity models, equipment plans, PFMEAs, control plans, validation plans, work instructions, and launch-readiness checklists.
Assist in evaluating product and process concepts for manufacturability, quality, cost, capacity, safety, scalability, and serviceability.
Support equipment concept and design reviews, supplier communication, acceptance testing, installation, validation, and production ramp activities.
Participate in prototype and production builds to identify manufacturing risks, collect data, document issues, and coordinate corrective actions.
Apply foundational engineering tools including process mapping, risk analysis, capability analysis, root-cause analysis, and structured problem solving.
Support technical and financial analyses involving equipment capacity, labor requirements, capital estimates, manufacturing cost, and project timing.
Use data to evaluate manufacturing performance and help resolve quality, throughput, yield, and reliability issues.
Support creation and standardization of manufacturing documentation across motor and battery programs and global manufacturing sites.
Develop working knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes and assembly technologies.
Follow applicable safety, quality, documentation, and change-control requirements throughout project execution.
Travel domestically and internationally to support supplier reviews, equipment acceptance, site installation, validation, and production launches.
Work effectively across functions, cultures, time zones, and global manufacturing locations; manage multiple assignments and adapt priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Participate hands-on in prototype builds, equipment reviews, process validation, and launch problem-solving.