Manufacturing Engineer I
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- 20 hours ago
- $69,500 – $86,900 / year
- Lean Manufacturing
- Lean
- Kaizen
- 5S
- FMEA
- CAD
- ITAR
- Health insurance
- Pension
Join our team as a
Manufacturing Engineer I!
Join our team as a Manufacturing Engineer I and play a key role in optimizing manufacturing processes, improving product quality, and driving operational efficiency. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement cost-effective manufacturing solutions, troubleshoot production challenges, analyze data, and support continuous improvement initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to process development, lean manufacturing activities, quality enhancements, and innovative tooling and production strategies while building a strong foundation in manufacturing engineering.
What You Will Do:
Be a member of cross-disciplinaryteams developing and improvising manufacturing processes.Identify opportunities for cost saving or expanded capabilities using data analysis, brainstorming, and other techniques. Help develop competing concepts and apply analytical techniques to support decision processes. Design and develop tooling strategies for new processes.
Assist in research,design and development of manufacturing processes including production flow, assemblymethods and production equipment.
Troubleshoot production problems as needed.Identify manufacturing bottlenecks and quality issues.Identify potential design improvements and alternatives.
Assist management in improving a system of production control, standard operating procedures, safety, qualitycontrol and training.
Participate in and promote lean manufacturing initiatives.
Work closely with quality engineering tofacilitate process and quality improvements.
Perform root cause analysis of situations and implement corrective actions.
Comprehend andleverage statistical data withassistance.
Conduct lean activities with guidance (e.g. kaizen events, 5S events).
Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data.
What You Bring:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field
0-1 year of relevant professional engineering experience
Strong written and oral communication skills: able to communicate complex technical information to all levels of the organization, able to clearly present data in written and verbal form
Strong problem solving and analytical skills; familiarity ofproblem solving tools and resources (FMEA, Pareto, Cause & Effect diagrams)
Strong attention to detail and experience with managing project documents and producing quality content.
Must be able to take initiative and work independently
Self-motivated and self-directed with high sense of urgency
Able to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment
Strong time management skills with the ability to successfully perform within a project framework including defined deliverables andtime frames
What Sets You Apart:
- Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques
Knowledge of CAD software, machining and molding technology
A background or working knowledge of machining and/or injection molding preferred
Experience working within a Continuous Improvement environment
What's In It For You:
- We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package
- We offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
- Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid caregiver leave
- You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Wellness + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours
- 401k with company match and immediate vest
- Employee Stock Purchase Program at a discounted rate
- Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
- And More!
Manufacturing Engineer I · Protolabs