Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Summary

Join Leonardo DRS Land Electronics in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting mission-critical C4I network computing, integrated situational awareness, embedded diagnostics, vehicle power management, and combat vehicle integration solutions. In this role, you’ll help drive efficient, high-quality production by developing and improving manufacturing processes, enabling smooth build execution from prototype through production, and partnering closely with Operations, Quality, and Engineering teams. 

Job Responsibilities

• Apply basic engineering principles to perform routine design, fabrication, and/or evaluation in support of production operations
• Manufacturing routes and work instructions for production
• Identify and procure tools, materials, and fixturing in support of production
• Manage maintenance repair and calibration schedules for production equipment
• Provide Capital Asset reviews and inputs for future requirements/improvements
• Provide written reports and support IPT meetings as needed
• Support production and prototype proposal efforts and provide OPS team estimates
• Support 6S activities and Continuous Process Improvement
• Determine Root Cause and Corrective Actions for production/assembly issues
• Read and interpret mechanical assembly drawings and/or support documentation and provide inputs for improvements
• Work closely with Assemblers, Supervisors, Quality, and Engineering and provide training if/as needed
• Generation of assembly deviations of product assembly, red line documentation, and engineering change requests (CRs/ECOs)
• Develop manufacturing process plans, test requirements, manufacturing flow, and capacity plans
• Design and build harness boards creating the prototype for manufacturing LRU harnesses
• Review detailed designs for manufacturability and producibility.
• Performs moderately complex functions in the process design, fabrication, modification and/or evaluation of Production operations
• May prepare complicated plans, conduct support studies, provide analysis or tests in the development of Production operations
• May assign work to drafters and/or technicians and provide guidance to lower-level engineers
• Responsibilities are diverse in scope where analysis of situations or data requires sound judgment
• General guidance given on new assignments as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s 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, and industrial.
• Experience with MES and CostPoint systems
• Must be proficient in the assembly of complex mechanical builds utllizing drawings, routes, and work instructions