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Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define, lead, and manage manufacturing engineering and operations initiatives from ideation through pilots and roll-out for complex defense systems.

Role type

Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer

Builds

Manufacturing engineering and operations initiatives for defense systems

Domain

Defense technology / Advanced manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations, design engineering, digital manufacturing, program management, engineering transformation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Define and lead manufacturing engineering and operations initiatives; Collaborate with engineers and technicians to understand workflows; Champion best practices across global manufacturing teams; Facilitate early engagement with cross-functional teams; Own new business processes for manufacturing engineering; Identify areas of improvement and provide actionable recommendations; Align manufacturing engineering milestones with program schedule

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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