Manufacturing Feasibility Engineer

Carlisle•Carlisle, PA

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About The Position

Carlisle is seeking a Manufacturing Feasibility Engineer to provide front-end manufacturing and equipment feasibility support for new and modified product concepts. The role serves as an engineering bridge between New Product Development, R&D, and Central Engineering, translating product specifications and design intent into process, equipment, and scale-up requirements for continuous manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Controls, Manufacturing, or Chemical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience is considered.
At least 6 years of experience in manufacturing, process, or equipment engineering, ideally in continuous or high-volume environments.
Experience translating product requirements into process and equipment specifications.
Experience supporting equipment selection, procurement, installation, and commissioning.
Strong collaboration, communication, and project prioritization skills.
Approximately 10–25% travel for trials, vendor visits, and site support.

Nice To Haves

PLC, HMI, or SCADA knowledge.
Capital project experience.
Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.
CAD skills.
Stage-gate experience.
OEM or system integrator experience.

Responsibilities

Assess new product concepts for manufacturing feasibility early in the Product Development Process.
Translate design intent into process and equipment requirements for continuous operations.
Develop user requirement specifications, functional specifications, and scope documents to support equipment selection and capital projects.
Conduct feasibility, capacity, and throughput studies, and identify process gaps and equipment modifications.
Build rough-order-of-magnitude cost and timing estimates, and support business cases and risk assessments.
Partner with R&D and NPD on scale-up from bench or pilot to full production, including trials and validation.
Define process parameters, line layouts, and integration needs in collaboration with automation and controls teams.
Deliver front-end handoffs to capital project engineering.
Collaborate with operations, quality, supply chain, EHS, equipment vendors, and system integrators.
Document feasibility work and lessons learned, and manage contract engineering partners.