Manufacturing Engineer

InterConnect Wiring•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer supports aerospace wiring harness production by directing daily operations, developing engineering documentation, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. The role bridges engineering design, manufacturing support, and project management to ensure compliant, high-quality, on-time delivery across multiple aerospace programs, including F-35, F-22, F-16, C-130, and H-1. The position develops and maintains work instructions, wiring harness designs and drawings, build packages, internal documentation, and traceability databases. It supports quality and compliance activities, manufacturing problem-solving, tooling and work-traveler development, customer and supplier engineering coordination, and the administration of the InterConnect PDM system. Occasional travel to customer locations in the United States and abroad is required. InterConnect Wiring is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and builds electrical wiring harnesses, specializing in fast-turnaround and developmental programs. The company describes its work environment as safe, comfortable, family-friendly, and fun, and notes that employees enjoy Fridays off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or at least 4 years of previous technical-related experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in project management.
Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar CAD systems related to harness design and/or routing.
Ability to travel occasionally to customer locations in the United States and abroad.

Nice To Haves

Previous aerospace experience, particularly in wiring harness design and/or routing, is desirable.
Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as Syspro, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop precise work instructions for assemblers to improve accuracy and process consistency.
Partner with quality and engineering departments to streamline processes, strengthen compliance, and drive continuous improvement.
Assist in resolving customer complaints and manage Corrective Action Requests (CARs), investigating issues and implementing corrective actions with quality teams.
Analyze engineering documentation across aerospace programs and ensure compliance with applicable company and aircraft specifications.
Maintain processes and documentation to comply with AS9100 requirements.
Review drawings, parts lists, wire lists, and process specifications to compile build packages and identify missing bill-of-material materials.
Draft wiring harnesses using Zuken, AutoCAD, and CATIA V5, incorporating visual aids to improve production accuracy and efficiency.
Generate harness assembly and installation drawings, routing lists, engineering specifications, and bills of material.
Perform design verification and validation and specify qualification and acceptance test requirements.
Generate and maintain internal documents.
Generate, review, and/or approve Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).
Create and maintain internal databases for wiring, labeling, and marking requirements to improve traceability and support compliance.
Research and recommend solutions to emergent manufacturing problems.
Assist with work-traveler and tooling development, including designing in-house tooling when required.
Interpret electrical schematics and fiber-optic manufacturing standards.
Recommend alternate components, manufacturing methods, and process improvements.
Interface with customer and supplier engineering personnel as necessary.
Administer the InterConnect PDM system.
Coordinate and manage internal and external engineering and design projects.
Support the estimating group with bids involving engineering design.