Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Boyd • Lancaster, CA

33d • Onsite

About The Position

Boyd Thermal by Eaton is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in our Lancaster, PA location. This role leads projects for production, including developing, improving, transitioning, proving out, and executing projects. The engineer will be responsible for product transitions from engineering to production, improving manufacturing efficiency, leading capital expenditure efforts, designing fixturing and tooling, writing technical reports, and supporting sales through proposal writing and customer engagement. The role also involves significant "hands-on" engineering activity, including fabrication, testing, machining, brazing, welding, assembly, and minor electrical work. Project management responsibilities include ensuring timely delivery schedules, maintaining quality standards, customer communication, financial oversight of projects, managing intellectual property, hosting customer visits, and supplier communication.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science (B.S.) degree in engineering
• 5-10 or more years’ experience
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on complex topics to top management, engineering staff, customers, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to comprehend and apply principles of advanced calculus, modern algebra, and advanced statistical theory.
• Ability to work with concepts such as limits, rings, quadratic and differential equations, and proofs of theorems.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Neatly organized and maintained cubicle area, with no material visible above the cubicle wall, stacked on the floor or in corners, and not used as a project material inventory location. Desk top and table tops shall be neat and orderly and absent of stacks of papers, literature, magazines and books.
• Ability to meet government requirements to work on ITAR and DDTC related projects.

Nice To Haves

• General understanding of manufacturing efficiency (Lean practices)

Responsibilities

• Lead product transitions from engineering to production using standard operating procedures.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Lead capital expenditure efforts for the engineering department and plant, understanding the relationship between expenditures and returns on investments.
• Design fixturing and tooling with an approved solid modeling program and create properly dimensioned drawings to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
• Write technical reports, proposals, journal papers, and technical articles with minimal review.
• Independently prepare and present technical and company background presentations and briefings.
• Support sales through proposal writing, conducting analysis, generating solutions to customer requirements, preparing datasheets, customer visits, and preparing cost/bid support information.
• Perform and direct others in the fabrication, test, and delivery of hardware, fixtures, and assemblies, including machining, brazing, welding, furnace operation, assembly, testing, and minor electrical work.
• Ensure customer deliveries are met on time and notify Sr. Management immediately if dates are in jeopardy.
• Ensure production units meet customer and company quality specifications, coordinating with the Quality Department when necessary.
• Notify the customer immediately of any technical or delivery changes/problems, coordinating communication with the proper Regional Sales Manager.
• Ensure projects meet targeted cost budgets.
• Actively maintain control of company-related intellectual property, trade secrets, and patents, documenting new inventions.
• Host customer visits, including ordering lunches, preparing food tables, coffee stations, and stocking refrigerators and supplies.
• Ensure supplier timelines reflect internal timeline requirements and maintain supplier communication through regular meetings.

What This Job Offers

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