Manufacturing / Production Support Engineer
About The Position
This role involves leading and executing manufacturing and engineering projects across various machining sites, supporting new program launches, transfers, and complex machining introductions, and driving cross-site engineering initiatives. The engineer will conduct manufacturability and producibility reviews, identify machining risks, and support advanced machining strategies. A key aspect is continuous improvement, leading projects for cycle time reduction, yield improvement, and scrap reduction, and reporting measurable savings. The position also requires collaboration with NC Programming to standardize methods, improve efficiency, and support simulation validation and process optimization. Furthermore, the role involves supporting the implementation of CNC capital equipment, manufacturing automation, probing strategies, NC post-processing standards, and digital workflows, ensuring their adoption and developing best practices. Finally, the engineer will serve as a technical liaison between enterprise engineering and plant operations, traveling to sites for floor-level execution and facilitating knowledge transfer.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related technical field or an associate’s degree with equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in precision machining, manufacturing engineering, or production support
- Strong understanding of 3, 4, and 5-axis machining
- Strong understanding of CNC programming fundamentals
- Strong understanding of GD&T and blueprint interpretation
- Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing improvement projects
- Working knowledge of CAM systems (NX, Mastercam, or equivalent)
- Strong project execution and organizational skills
- Ability to travel to multiple manufacturing sites
Nice To Haves
- 8+ years of experience in machining-focused manufacturing environments
- Experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing
- Experience with 5-Axis and mill-turn platforms and automation systems
- Experience with building and/or implementing CNC post-processing strategies
- Experience with using and/or implementing advanced on-machine probing strategies
- Experience or exposure to advanced machine diagnostic methodologies (i.e. ball bar, machine modal analysis, liner and volumetric machine compensation)
- Experience implementing digital manufacturing tools (e.g., ERP, estimating, quality, manufacturing planning tools)
- Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing organizations
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute assigned manufacturing and engineering projects across machining sites
- Support new program launches, transfers, and complex machining introductions
- Drive closure of cross-site engineering initiatives within defined timelines and scope
- Conduct manufacturability and producibility reviews
- Identify machining risks and mitigation strategies prior to release to production
- Support advanced machining strategies including multi-axis and mill-turn applications
- Lead cycle time reduction, yield improvement, and scrap reduction projects
- Quantify and report measurable savings and operational impact
- Support enterprise-level CI portfolio execution
- Collaborate with NC Programming to standardize methods and improve programming efficiency
- Support simulation validation, post-processor consistency, and process optimization
- Assist with cross-site capacity balancing and programming coordination
- Support implementation of CNC capital equipment
- Support implementation of Manufacturing Automation
- Support implementation of Probing and in-process inspection strategies
- Support implementation of NC Post-Processing standards
- Support implementation of Digital workflows (i.e. quoting, quality, manufacturing planning)
- Ensure adoption and operational integration across sites
- Develop and document standardized best practices
- Serve as technical liaison between enterprise engineering and plant operations
- Travel to machining sites to support floor-level execution
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and best practice alignment across locations
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
