Manufacturing Engineer

Raliant•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

This role involves assisting Manufacturing Engineers in establishing lean manufacturing principles, improving process documentation, and supporting various engineering analyses and projects. The position requires collaboration with multiple teams, data analysis, and providing production floor support to identify and implement process improvements. Additionally, the role supports manufacturing automation initiatives and may provide support to areas without dedicated Manufacturing Engineering resources.

Requirements

2–3 years of related manufacturing, engineering, or production support experience.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience supporting manufacturing operations and production environments.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions.
U.S. Person status is required (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) due to U.S. Government contract requirements.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Lean Manufacturing principles, Root Cause Analysis, Fishbone Analysis, PFMEA, DOE, and Continuous Improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

Assist Manufacturing Engineers with establishing lean manufacturing principles within production cells.
Work with production associates to identify and correct issues with process documentation.
Modify, edit, and update manufacturing procedures and perform document change activities.
Generate purchase and fabrication requests for production tooling and equipment.
Collect, analyze, and report production process data.
Generate and manage engineering work orders.
Assist with the design and implementation of tooling and process improvement projects.
Support engineering analyses including PFMEA, process hazard analysis, root cause investigations, and corrective actions.
Execute and summarize engineering studies and experiments, including coordination of engineering and pre-production builds.
Support production readiness reviews and project kickoff activities.
Provide production floor support by identifying manufacturing issues and implementing process improvements.
Support Sales Order Kickoff (SOCLE) activities by verifying tooling readiness, calibration status, and manufacturing documentation.
Maintain manufacturing parameter databases and ensure production requirements are accurately reflected within manufacturing processes.
Collaborate daily with Production, Quality, Program Management, Planning, Document Control, and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
Capture and document tribal knowledge from experienced production personnel to improve manufacturing procedures, standard work, and training effectiveness.
Support manufacturing automation initiatives through data collection, process analysis, and collaboration with automation engineering resources.
Support production areas that do not have dedicated Manufacturing Engineering resources when required.
Perform other duties as assigned.