Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Your Opportunity is Here with HSM • High Point, NC

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About The Position

HSM is a third-generation, privately held manufacturing company founded in 1944, with 25 locations across the United States and corporate headquarters in Hickory and Huntersville, North Carolina. The company manufactures components for furniture, bedding, transportation, packaging, automotive, and healthcare industries, and designs and builds automated production machinery.

The Sr Manufacturing Engineer partners with plant leaders to prioritize and deliver engineering initiatives addressing safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and workforce needs. The role leads process design and improvement, equipment and automation projects, product launches and transfers, and cross-functional efforts to improve production performance. It also coaches plant teams and supports audits, corrective actions, and the sustained effectiveness of improvements. Occasional travel between regional manufacturing facilities is expected, typically less than 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including ownership of significant process, equipment, automation, or capital projects from definition through sustained production.
• Demonstrated improvements in safety, quality, throughput, process capability, labor efficiency, or cost in a production environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of lean manufacturing, standard work, line balancing, mistake proofing, and structured problem solving.
• Ability to interpret manufacturing performance data and develop practical equipment specifications, capacity models, work instructions, and process controls.
• Knowledge of APQP, PFMEA, control plans, MSA, SPC, capability analysis, PPAP, and launch or transfer readiness appropriate to customer requirements.
• Applied experience with ISO 9001 and ability to translate quality-system requirements into effective process controls, documentation, and validation evidence.
• Working understanding of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, robotics, PLC, HMI, and CNC systems sufficient to assess issues and collaborate with technical specialists.
• Strong project leadership and business judgment, including capital justification, return-on-investment analysis, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Clear communication skills and ability to coach and influence plant teams while building shared ownership of improvements.
• Proficiency with engineering and business tools used for data analysis, project tracking, technical documentation, and presentations.
• Ability to travel occasionally between regional manufacturing facilities, typically less than 20% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in a related engineering field.
• Automotive manufacturing experience, including customer requirements, production launches, and structured quality systems.
• Experience supporting IATF 16949 and VDA requirements in an automotive supply-chain environment.
• Experience across multiple manufacturing processes, products, or facilities.
• Background in metal fabrication or forming, tube and wire products, seating or furniture mechanisms, foam, converting, assembly, or related discrete manufacturing.
• Experience applying statistical methods to process performance.
• Formal auditor training or lead-auditor experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant leaders to prioritize engineering initiatives based on safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and workforce needs.
• Analyze production performance—including OEE, cycle time, throughput, scrap, downtime, and labor utilization—to identify constraints and deliver measurable improvements.
• Lead process design, optimization, and standardization for new, existing, and transferred products across materials and manufacturing technologies.
• Apply lean manufacturing, value stream analysis, line balancing, mistake proofing, and structured root cause analysis to improve flow, reduce variation, and prevent recurring issues.
• Develop and validate process flows, standard work, setup parameters, changeover methods, capacity models, and production controls with the teams who use them.
• Lead equipment, automation, and capital projects from requirements and business case development through supplier selection, installation, validation, and sustained production.
• Establish equipment acceptance criteria and coordinate testing to verify safety, quality, production rate, reliability, maintainability, and integration.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, IT/Controls, suppliers, and integrators to manage project scope, schedule, cost, and technical risks.
• Support product launches and production transfers by assessing manufacturability, equipment capability, process risk, and production readiness.
• Partner with Quality and program teams on APQP, PFMEA, control plans, capability studies, MSA, SPC, PPAP, and applicable customer and quality-system requirements.
• Incorporate machine safety, guarding, ergonomics, and efficient material flow into equipment, tooling, workstation, and layout improvements.
• Coach plant engineers, supervisors, maintenance teams, and operators; coordinate training and complete documented handoffs for new or modified equipment and processes.
• Support audits and corrective actions, verify improvements remain effective, and share proven practices across TSM facilities.
• Travel occasionally between regional manufacturing facilities, typically less than 20% of the time.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, including an innovative global healthcare option for qualified participants.
• 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one.
• Competitive paid time off: three weeks of vacation and nine company-paid holidays.
• Free on-site medical clinics for employees and covered dependents.
• 24/7 Teladoc access with no copay.
• Tuition reimbursement, professional development assistance, and career growth opportunities.
• Discounts with HSM partners, including Dollywood Parks & Resort and Verizon Wireless.

What This Job Offers

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