Manufacturing Engineer IV, Production Line Stand-Up

Sitreps • Las Vegas, NV

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves designing and establishing a company's production line in Las Vegas. The responsibilities include setting up the floor, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, and all assembly procedures. Currently, the production knowledge resides with a partner, and the goal is to transfer this knowledge to the company's own documentation and technicians by the end of the fiscal year. This is a hands-on role where the work directly contributes to shipping products.

Requirements

• 10 to 20 years of manufacturing or hardware engineering experience in electronics production.
• A master's degree may be required to meet the contract labor category.
• Experience in standing up a production line, including layout, tooling specification, fixture design, workstation build-out, and validation.
• Deep electronics assembly process knowledge, covering SMT and through-hole, IPC-A-610 workmanship standards, ESD control, conformal coating, and functional test.
• Proven work instruction authorship.
• First-article inspection and process validation experience, including FAI, pilot builds, and process capability.
• Willingness to work with a partner's manufacturing team to extract process knowledge.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Prototype-to-production transition experience in a defense or aerospace environment.
• Test equipment and test fixture development, including automated functional test.
• Ruggedized or MIL-STD-qualified hardware production.
• Experience in AS9100 or ISO 9001 process environments.
• Six Sigma or lean manufacturing credentials.

Responsibilities

• Design detailed production line layout and workflow for the Las Vegas facility, including workstation configurations, materials handling, ESD protection, component storage and inventory management, and production floor safety for electronics assembly at volumes required for full-rate production.
• Design, procure, install, and validate all production line infrastructure, including tooling, fixtures, test equipment, and assembly workstation configurations for both LRIP and full-rate production.
• Author and control every assembly procedure, software flashing protocol, inspection criterion, and quality control checkpoint across the three primary product lines.
• Embed with the board assembly partner during Phase 1 delivery to capture, refine, and formalize the assembly process knowledge needed for independent production.
• Lead first-article builds under controlled conditions for each product line to prove documented procedures produce conforming units and drive process improvements before LRIP quantities begin.
• Establish process documentation and tooling specifications for the navigation sensor fusion line, including modular assembly procedures for each sensor module variant.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior