Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Core
Lead and scale manufacturing engineering and planning teams to transition complex maritime defense hardware from R&D to high-rate production.
Role type
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering (Maritime Systems)
Builds
Deployable static and moving surface, undersea, and sea-to-air vehicles
Domain
Defense / Maritime Manufacturing
Required skills
Manufacturing strategy, NPI leadership, mechanical assembly, electrical integration, composite fabrication, precision machining, MES, PDM, DFM/DFA/DFT, root-cause analysis, statistical process control, cross-functional alignment
Preferred skills
Naval/aerospace defense experience, NAVSEA/MIL-SPEC standards, ERP systems, automated assembly qualification
Technologies
Forge (MES), PDM, ERP
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor manufacturing engineers and planners; Define and execute manufacturing roadmap and qualification strategies; Direct creation of manufacturing plans and optimize routings; Own MBOM and as-built configuration tracking; Lead DFM/DFA/DFT assessments; Lead root-cause analysis and yield optimization; Act as primary technical interface across Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Tooling, and Operations
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership