Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

7d • $73,450 - $132,775 • Onsite

About The Position

Leidos’ Defense Sector Manufacturing is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineer to join their defense sector manufacturing support team located in Huntsville, AL. This role will focus on the standardization of the Solumina MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and the development of analytics for KPIs and dashboards. The successful candidate will have several years of experience with a Manufacturing Execution System and possess the interpersonal skills to collaborate with production teams, identify needs, and document them in SOPs. This individual will also serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to train over 60 Manufacturing Engineers across multiple facilities and ensure adherence to standardized processes. The role involves setting MES standards across 5+ manufacturing facilities, covering aspects like process plan templates, operation dependencies, data collection, discrepancy procedures, serialization, and runtime/set-up time methodology on routings. This is a critical position for enabling the defense sector to scale by implementing standard processes within Solumina MES, Windchill, and CostPoint systems.

Requirements

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Electrical Engineering from an accredited university and 4 to 8 years prior relevant experience or a Masters with 2 to 6 years of prior relevant experience in an engineering field.
• Demonstrated experience with serialized components requiring non-conformance dispositioning.
• Hands-on experience in Costpoint along with a thorough understanding of ECN’s, effectivity dates and substitutions, as well as PLM/ERP/MES software interactions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all members of Production and Analytics teams, including drafting SOW’s to develop KPI reports.
• 4+ years of experience with Manufacturing, Assembly & Integration experience with electrical, electromechanical, structural, and/or mechanical components
• Must be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience with phantom/synthetic items on mBOM’s and understanding how they impact MRP.
• Expertise in developing training material and training end users.
• Familiarity with unit of measure conversion challenges and how to overcome.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to query your own data and perform your own analysis using Excel VBA, Power BI, or SQL.
• Experience in modern digital engineering tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Agile, and Scrum.
• MRP experience with unit of measure conversions and different order policies.
• Industry 4.0 and IIoT methods for electronically performing data collection into the MES software to poka-yoke the processes and satisfy product traceability requirements.
• Experience with manufacturing, assembly, integration & test processes, procedure development & implementation.
• Experience with utilizing MRP and experience with ERP/PLM/MES systems (Deltek, Costpoint, Solumina, Windchill).
• Experience with ISO9001/AS9100 processes.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Managing Manufacturing Orders to meet project schedules.
• Implementing procedures & techniques to transform raw materials into finished products efficiently and effectively.
• Use of MES software (Solumina) to implement, track, monitor, and control manufacturing processes, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance.
• Generation and maintenance of Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOMS).
• Generate routings inside Solumina to account for accurate run times.
• Identify and execute on continuous improvement projects.
• Identify and reduce risks in the production processes.
• Plan and maintain production flow through MRP system, including change management and make/buy designation.
• Responsible for executing Configuration & Data Management processes & controls for managing & tracking changes.
• Defines manufacturing processes, procedures and production flow for assembly, integration & test of space products.
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple projects.
• Organize and schedule production activities, and resources; including materials, equipment, and personnel, to meet production goals.
• Resolve problems related to production jobs such as configuration changes, engineering changes, material issues, schedule priority, etc.
• Monitor production status of jobs to ensure they meet schedule requirements & report job status to management using spreadsheets, custom reports, etc.
• Overseeing & optimizing the production process, from raw materials to finished products, to ensure efficiency and quality.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations Leads, and Inventory Control.
• Expedite jobs as required & clearing any material Shortages.
• Manage ISO9001/AS9100 processes within our department.

Benefits

• Diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide.
• Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support.
• Solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

What This Job Offers

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