Associate, Manufacturing Engineering

About the Role

As an Associate Manufacturing Engineer, you will support the production of high-reliability electronic hardware for Tactical Satellite equipment. This includes SMT solder assembly, mechanical integration, and environmental testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in supporting the production of high-reliability electronic hardware.
• Establish work instructions and develop process procedures.
• Qualify new tools/equipment.
• Oversee non-conformance reviews.
• Implement engineering changes.
• Maintain labor standards and process controls.
• Assist senior engineers with new product introductions (NPI), root-cause investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement and analyze manufacturing plans and projects.
• Design, develop, and transfer manufacturing and engineering tools, strategies, and systems.
• Develop manufacturing strategies for specific products and processes.
• Interface with engineering to coordinate the release of new products.
• Estimate manufacturing costs, determine time standards, and recommend tooling and process requirements for new or existing product lines.
• Maintain records and reporting systems to coordinate manufacturing operations.
• Work closely with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to oversee the development and transfer of new products from Engineering to Production.
• Create work instructions, assembly routings, and establish labor/cycle time standards.
• Perform economic analyses to identify and address variances in planned labor and cycle times.
• Maintain manufacturing processes and oversee process equipment.
• Develop/procure manufacturing tooling and qualify materials required for new product introduction (NPI).
• Attend daily shift huddles and support product line key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Support root cause analyses and implement corrective actions to address product non-conformances.

Job Details

• Job Code: 45062
• Job Location: Huntsville, AL
• Job Schedule: 4/10 (Employees work 10-hour days, 4 days a week)

Requirements & Tech Stack

• SMT (Surface Mount Technology) solder assembly
• Mechanical integration
• Environmental testing
• Work instructions
• Process procedures
• Tools/equipment qualification
• Non-conformance reviews
• Engineering changes implementation
• Labor standards maintenance
• Process controls
• New product introductions (NPI)
• Root-cause investigations
• Continuous improvement initiatives
• Manufacturing plans and projects analysis
• Manufacturing and engineering tools, strategies, and systems design
• Manufacturing costs estimation
• Time standards determination
• Tooling and process requirements recommendation
• Manufacturing operations coordination
• Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) collaboration
• Assembly routings creation
• Labor/cycle time standards establishment
• Economic analyses
• Process equipment oversight
• Manufacturing tooling development/procurement
• Product line key performance indicators (KPIs) support
• Corrective actions implementation

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering or a related field, OR
• Completed a bachelor’s degree in the above fields within the last 12 months.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with soldering and/or basic electronic manufacturing processes.
• Experience with basic CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Creo).
• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Yellow or Green Belt.
• Experience with Minitab, JMP, or other statistical software.