Manufacturing Engineer Sr Stf - E5

Standard Job Description

What You Will Be Doing

This will be a multi hire for 2 Manufacturing Engineering Lead positions within the Strategic Corrective Action team with an emphasis in 2 distinct manufacturing principles. One role will focus on serving as Rework & Repair Council Lead and driving corrective action efforts on the F-35 program. The other role will focus on leading continuous improvement, and operational excellence within our F-35 Manufacturing Engineering processes.

The candidate for both of these positions performs in a collaborative environment to develop and implement manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, fabrication, and material handling. Drives adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement. Enables the team to create and analyze 3D based model data environment to optimize manufacturing process and digital work instructions. Leverages understanding of materials and automatic processes to define operations procedures and build sequences to drive operational excellence. Evaluates performance of equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure operational excellence. Leverages factory data to develop statistical process control approaches and integrates reporting and data analytics solutions for continuous improvement. Provides input to product design regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Develops highly innovative solutions to problems of unusual complexity and facilitates the team to do so as well. Works under consultative direction towards long-range goals and objectives, often self-initiating assignments and managing them through implementation and validation. Will take on a project/program leadership role. Decisions impact financial, employee, or public relations posture. Serves as a consultant on highly significant matters and long-range objectives. Represents the organization as a spokesperson on advanced projects. US Citizen with ability to obtain a secret security clearance. Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

What’s In It For You: 3 day weekends every weekend!

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Fort Worth, TX

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Basic Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in corrective action and/or continuous improvement.
• Experience resolving aircraft assembly constraints.
• Manufacturing Engineering experience or related support roles (Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, Material Review Board) on F-35 Lightning II or similar fighter jet program.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher (Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, etc...) with 12 years of relevant experience, or no degree with at least 16 years of similar experience.

Desired Skills

• Ability to lead in a diverse team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor/ coach teammates in a manufacturing environment.
• Problem Solving Skills - Demonstrated ability to resolve complex, large scale technical issues.
• Capital Expenditure experience acquiring and implementing new technology / capital assets into a manufacturing process.
• Knowledge of the F-35 manufacturing and standard tooling processes.
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively in an internal and cross functional team environment. (Prod Ops, Quality, Design Engineering, MRB, etc...)
• Catia V5 or related 3D CAD software experience.
• Experience with additive manufacturing. (3D printed tooling concepts)
• Demonstrated application of Root Cause Analysis fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. (GD&T)
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, etc...)