Senior Manufacturing Engineer

DRS Daylight Solutions business provides industry-changing photonic engine technology for government and commercial markets, including defense and security, quantum information sciences, life sciences, and industrial process control. As a laser technology pioneer, Daylight Solutions has delivered more mid-IR systems to more applications world-wide than any other company. Daylight laser solutions span the full spectrum from UV to visible to NIR to mid-IR.

At DRS Daylight Solutions, you will be eligible for competitive pay, great benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k match, 9/80 work schedule, and Tuition Assistance. Our Daylight family-oriented culture allows you to receive hands-on training, professional development, career advancement and exposure to the latest and greatest technology, where our motto is "To protect with Light". Come join the family!

Job Summary

The senior level manufacturing engineer will assist in bringing new products to production readiness and optimizing manufacturing of existing production. This position requires strong analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and leadership qualities. The candidate should also be well-versed in relevant technologies, methodologies, and other manufacturing disciplines.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing plans, manufacturing flows, test requirements, and capacity models.
• Create control plans, use SPC charts and other tools to control quality. Implement lean manufacturing tools on the production floor.
• Perform time studies, calculate tact time vs cycle time, develop manufacturing flow and capacity plans.
• Update or create documentation and systems to support AS9100, Participate in AS9100 audits.
• Manage process validation, and risk assessments using tools such as FMEA etc.
• Troubleshoots and diagnose problems with existing products and make assembly, tooling and product improvements.
• Monitor yields troubleshoot issues, organize internal failure analysis.
• Review detail designs for manufacturability and producibility.
• Evaluate and recommend design approaches to meet production requirements for new or improved products.
• Communicate with senior production leadership to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing execution.
• Brief customers professionally as the manufacturing engineering subject matter expert
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer
• Lead accurate estimation and planning for manufacturing on all proposals and basis of estimates (BOEs)
• Take on some aspects of the product engineering roll, creating and maintaining document structures etc. as appropriate.
• Examine, tender for, and install new equipment.
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.

Our ideal candidate will have

• A good understanding of quality control techniques such as DOE, SPC, FMEA, poka yoke, lean manufacturing, etc. and demonstrated application of these tools
• Great communication ability both verbal and in writing, a demonstrated ability to perform technical writing.
• A good understanding of mechanical assembly of small, precision mechanisms.
• A good understanding of statistics as it applies to industrial process control.
• A basic understanding of optics.
• A basic understanding of electronics, lasers, detectors etc.
• A basic understanding of semi-conductor fab operations

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in an applicable engineering field with 5 years applicable engineering experience (or equivalent combination of education/training and experience
• Specialties may include manufacturing, production, industrial, welding, tooling, testing, processing, software, and robotics

Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. #LI-SF1 #INDDAY

Our Vision. To be the leading mid-tier defense technology company in the U.S.

Our Values. The Leonardo DRS culture is defined by our Core Values and Principles:

- Integrity
- Agility
- Excellence
- Customer Focus
- Community & Respect
- Innovation

We strive to uphold them in all aspects of our business practices to inspire our employees and provide outstanding support for our customers.

Nearest Major Market: Madison

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