Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering
Title: Manufacturing Engineer (Specialist)
Location: Long Island, NY | Onsite
Company Summary:
A leading manufacturer serving the aerospace, defense, and high-reliability electronics industries is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join its engineering team on Long Island. This organization specializes in highly engineered products supporting mission-critical applications and offers the opportunity to work within a collaborative, hands-on manufacturing environment.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys spending time on the manufacturing floor, solving production challenges, improving processes, and working closely with operations teams. The Manufacturing Engineer will support both new and existing manufacturing processes while driving continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
The Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for:
- Developing and improving manufacturing processes, assembly methods, tooling, and production fixtures.
- Supporting production teams through troubleshooting and resolution of manufacturing issues.
- Creating and maintaining work instructions, manufacturing documentation, and process travelers.
- Supporting new product introductions and transferring products into manufacturing.
- Identifying and implementing process improvements to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput.
- Collaborating with engineering, operations, and production personnel to support day-to-day manufacturing activities.66
- Evaluating manufacturing processes and equipment to ensure safe and effective operation.
The Manufacturing Engineer should have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline.
- 4+ years of manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or industrial engineering experience.
- Experience supporting production operations within a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and production teams.
- Experience with tooling, fixtures, process development, assembly operations, or manufacturing documentation is preferred.
- Experience supporting electronics, aerospace, medical device, precision manufacturing, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments is a plus.
Benefits/Perks:
- Opportunity to join a stable engineering organization supporting highly engineered products.
- Hands-on manufacturing environment with strong cross-functional collaboration.
- High visibility role supporting manufacturing operations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong benefits package and work-life balance.
- Opportunity for long-term growth within a larger global organization.
If you're interested in this role, please apply below now!
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