Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title : Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location : East Aurora, NY

DIRECT HIRE

Shift : 7 : 00 AM -3 : 00 PM (Monday to Friday)

Note : Candidates who can work on W2 basis without any sponsorships are encouraged to apply.

Pay Range : $80K / Year - $140K / Year (Depending upon experience)

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Evaluate and develop new and emerging technologies in manufacturing engineering and production process development.
• Play a major role in coordinating Design for Manufacturing efforts amongst various development engineering groups for new and existing programs.
• Determine manufacturing procedures, operation sequencing, prepare tooling and gauge lists, create, and prove out N / C programs, writing of detailed operations sheets and work instructions to produce complex milled machined parts and sub-assemblies.
• Hands on approach in supporting continuous improvement efforts for existing production processes.
• Prepare, monitor, and update engineered or estimated time standards for set up and run hours, man to machine ratios and economic run quantities for each component’s processes throughout the entire parts routing.
• Provide detailed cost estimates for new business capture and process improvement efforts.
• Leadership in new manufacturing capital equipment evaluation, justification, purchasing and implementation.
• Daily interaction with a variety of disciplines, including other engineers, technicians, operations, and quality personnel, as well as external suppliers, to solve process related problems and mentor others.
• Project leadership opportunities assigned by the Group Lead and / or Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
• Support of production automated manufacturing cells, driving process stability to achieve reduced attended labor and human factor variation.

Assignment / Ownership of a dedicated manufacturing cell is likely.

Some international and / or domestic travel as required (5% or approx. two weeks / year).

Required :

• Bachelor of Science Degree (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Eng or Tech).
• Additional seasoned experience in manufacturing engineering that would be equivalent to what is learned in a degreed program would be reviewed for an acceptable alternative to the B.

S. Degree requirement.

• A minimum of 5 years Manufacturing Engineering with milled parts experience with increasing responsibility.
• A minimum equivalent of 5 years hands on machining experience.
• CAD / CAM CNC milled parts programming experience (Siemens NX preferred). Fluent in G&M Code programming.
• Strong cutting tool and Workholding knowledge, selection, and design. Quick change and automation tooling / Workholding experience a plus.
• Strong manufacturing process knowledge to create efficient CNC programs for complex milled parts.
• Experience developing automated and advanced manufacturing systems.
• A Lean Mindset and leadership skills to drive change towards a Lean factory and Standardized Work . (Lean belt certification a plus)
• The ability to manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously. Experience with MS Project is a plus.
• Strong computer skills proficiency. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in blueprint reading and GD&T
• 5-Axis Machining center programming experience required. Company's 5-Axis Global Machining Platform consists of Okuma MU-4000V, MU-5000V, MU-8000V and Mazak I-600 machines.

Experience with these machines is a plus.

Experience in machining a wide variety of Aerospace materials (Aluminum, Titanium, Stainless Steels, etc) on complex milled parts.

Benefits :

• Annual bonuses
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Open paid time off policy
• Competitive 401K plan with enhanced matching program,
• Region-specific benefits.
• Relocation assistance for candidates outside of Western New York.
19 days ago