Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Intelligence Systems
Core
Lead manufacturing process development for defense hardware including static equipment, moving ground equipment, and complex vehicles.
Role type
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Builds
Defense hardware products (static equipment, ground vehicles) for U.S. and allied military
Domain
Defense / Aerospace manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manufacturing process development, Design for Manufacturability (DFMA), Lean manufacturing principles, CAD software, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Vendor management, Capacity planning, Troubleshooting, Work instruction creation
Preferred skills
Six Sigma certification, Harness & PCBA fabrication, SMT processes, Software scripting
Technologies
CAD software, Manufacturing execution systems
Responsibilities
Lead manufacturing engineering team to drive process improvements and ensure production quality; Execute manufacturing from prototyping to full-scale production; Collaborate with design engineers to integrate DFMA best practices; Own documentation for manufacturing at scale (MBOMs, work instructions); Facilitate make versus buy decisions and manage vendor quality; Analyze metrics for continuous improvement (cost, quality, capacity); Develop production and test methodologies for scaling complex products.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership