The ideal candidate would have significant project‑management and functional experience in the various stages of manufacturing engineering, tooling, and production life cycles. The ideal candidate should have experience creating proposals, defining capacity requirements, forecasting tooling requirements, and exposure to make/buy decision processes. They excel at influencing and directing dotted‑line, cross‑functional teams across engineering, supply chain, quality, and program management, and have a proven record of creating, documenting, and institutionalizing robust, data‑driven processes.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors or higher degree in technical discipline (manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to work strategically, develop actionable project plans, and manage that strategy to completion.
Prior experience with foundational ME responsibilities (ie process plan creation/maintenance, MBOM management, design reviews, etc)
Experience with tooling lifecyles and processes (ie tool design, design review, procurement, funding, etc)
Experience in design for manufacturing / assembly or design to cost
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain a security clearance
Demonstrated effective communication skills including verbal, listening, technical writing and presentations
Ability to liaison between Production Operations, Manufacturing Sites, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, etc.
Ability to build positive relationships with the customers
Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve technical/process issues varying from basic to very complex
Proficient in MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
Ability to travel domestic and/or international
Desired Skills
Experience in program scaling or ramp efforts
Experience with design for automation & automation of manufacturing processes
Knowledge & experience of additive manufacturing processes, materials, & application
Experience with model based engineering
Experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software
