Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Cost Estimation & Quoting

J.M. Fabrication Company, LLC•Arlington, TX

15h•Onsite

About The Position

JM Fabrication is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with deep experience in manufacturing cost estimation and quoting for complex aerospace and defense components. This role is responsible for generating accurate, defensible estimates for CNC machined parts, sheet metal and fabricated components, weldments, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, and wire and cable harnesses.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering with direct cost estimation and quoting responsibility.
Proven experience estimating mixed-process jobs across machining, fabrication, welding, assemblies, and wire harnesses.
Strong understanding of CNC machining, fabrication, welding, and assembly processes.
Experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing environments.
AS9100 environment experience.
Strong written documentation of assumptions, exclusions, and risks.
Ability to challenge undefined or unrealistic customer requirements.
Applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR, meaning a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual granted refugee or asylum status.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ProShop ERP, Epicor, JobBOSS, SAP, or Oracle strongly preferred.
Aerospace and defense proposal support.
ITAR and DFARS-regulated environments.
Post-job estimate vs actual analysis and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed manufacturing cost estimates and quotes for CNC milling and CNC turning, including multi-axis machining, sheet metal fabrication, forming, bending, and rolling, structural weldments and welded assemblies, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, and wire and cable harnesses and cable assemblies.
Create routings, BOM costing, labor standards, and cycle time estimation models.
Perform should-cost analysis, value engineering, and make vs buy analysis.
Identify cost drivers, risk areas, and margin exposure during proposal development.
Support proposal and customer RFQ response activities.
Interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and customer flow-downs.
Apply DFM and DFA principles to improve manufacturability and cost.
Define manufacturing sequences, tooling, fixturing, inspection points, and test requirements.
Support first article inspection (FAI) planning and production launch.
Partner with Quality to ensure AS9100, ITAR, and customer requirements are captured in estimates.
Estimate labor and material for complex multi-level assemblies.
Understand kitting, staging, hardware integration, torque requirements, and final assembly labor.
Estimate wire harness manufacturing including cut, strip, crimp, terminate, continuity testing, shielding, grounding, connectors, backshells, and strain relief.
Use job-based ERP, MRP, and MES systems for estimating and routing development.
Utilize CAD viewers and technical documentation systems.