Pdwcareers
Director, Manufacturing Engineering
Huntsville, AL · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
Data AnalysisCybersecuritySupply ChainProcess ImprovementERPRoboticsPLCAR/VRLeadershipCollaborationSCADA
About the role
- This role will ensure our products are manufacturable, testable, reliable, and continuously improving as we scale volume and complexity.
- 15+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering leadership experience in high-growth, high-volume manufacturing environments using Lean / Six Sigma methods.
- Proven track record leading NPI and scaling processes and tools to HV production; preferably in either sUAS, robotics, consumer electronics, or aerospace / defense.
Responsibilities
- Lead all sustaining and NPI manufacturing engineering deliverables and functions to support the transition from development to scalable production and ongoing optimization.
- Build and lead a multidisciplinary team spanning manufacturing, industrial, test, and equipment engineering, working in close partnership with the Manufacturing Systems & Automation team.
- Drive NPI manufacturing readiness for new sUAS platforms providing early DFX input to Core Engineering, and lean process development to ensure pilot production readiness including manufacturing specs, BOMs, workflow, work instructions, tools and fixtures, assembly & test equipment, training, and process validation.
- Define and support NPI stage gates through the PLC (Concept/ Pilot/ EVT/ DVT/ PVT/ GA/ EOL) including direct support of proto and pilot builds to ensure production quality, throughput, traceability, and cost targets are met.
- Partner with Core Engineering to incorporate DFX to eliminate design-driven manufacturing risks early, and own sustaining design improvements to reduce costs, improve high-volume production.
- Own production process yield, throughput, cycle times, labor efficiency, line optimization, cost, and manufacturability across multiple product lines.
- Lead continuous improvements to production per data analytics,6-sigma, and lean methods to ensure assembly and test capacity scales to meet demand.
- Drive improvements for safety / ergo, quality, yield, throughput, delivery, and cost by employing data-driven, lean methods.
- Drive tools, fixtures, jigs for new and existing processes, and collaborate with Manufacturing Systems and Automation to deploy assembly and inspection equipment for manual, and semi-automated and fully automated processes Support the development and own sustainment of functional sub-system and system tests for production.
- Drive MES selection, integration with ERP, QMS and PLM; including test equipment and data integration, data analytics, automated reporting, and training and deployment of augmented reality (AR) work instructions into production.
Requirements
- Support new equipment selection, development, commissioning, and sustaining maintenance (TPM) through its lifecycle to ensure required OEE.
- Requirements Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Aerospace) or applicable technical discipline.
Nice to have
- Master's degree (MS/MBA) a plus.
Company info
- Safe Harbor 401(K) with company match.
Equal opportunity
- EEO Statement PDW is an equal opportunity employer that upholds all federal and state non-discrimination laws.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Secret security clearance Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job
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