Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing

CrossFire Group
  • Auburn Hills, MI
  • Quick Apply
19 days ago

Job Description

Description:
  • Lead manufacturing engineering assessments for defense and advanced manufacturing programs.
  • Evaluate complete manufacturing systems from product design through production.
  • Develop optimized manufacturing processes, layouts, equipment strategies, and production systems.
  • Perform make/buy, capital investment, automation, tooling, and manufacturing process analyses.
  • Develop business cases comparing alternative manufacturing approaches.
  • Lead DFM/DFA and manufacturing feasibility assessments.
  • Analyze labor content, cycle time, throughput, capacity, OEE, material flow, and manufacturing cost.
  • Develop and evaluate plant layouts and production-flow strategies.
  • Lead manufacturing simulation and capacity studies where appropriate.
  • Identify high-value opportunities for cost reduction and productivity improvement.
  • Mentor and provide technical direction to less-experienced engineers.
  • Lead customer-facing technical discussions and presentations.
  • Review technical data packages, engineering requirements, drawings, and specifications.
  • Work with defense primes, government organizations, suppliers, and manufacturing facilities.
  • Support implementation of recommendations and verify realized improvements.
  • Prepare executive-level technical reports and recommendations.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
  • 15+ years of manufacturing, process, industrial, or engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated leadership of complex manufacturing engineering projects.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment, labor, facilities, and production economics.
  • Excellent technical and executive-level communication skills.
  • Ability to independently assess ambiguous problems and develop practical solutions.
  • Experience working directly with customers and senior leadership.
Preferred Experience:
  • Defense/aerospace experience strongly preferred.
  • Military vehicle, weapons, ammunition, propulsion, aerospace, or other complex defense product experience.
  • Automotive manufacturing experience is highly transferable.
  • Advanced automation and robotics.
  • Manufacturing simulation.
  • Facility planning.
  • Capital equipment planning.
  • Lean/Six Sigma.
  • Cost modeling and should-cost analysis.
  • Program/project leadership.
  • Experience with U.S. Government or defense prime contractors.
  • Active Secret clearance or previous experience working on classified programs.
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Numbers & Facts

LocationAuburn Hills, MI

Skills

  • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Automotive Manufacturingunmatched
  • Business Caseunmatched
  • Capital Equipmentunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Cost Analysisunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cost Modelingunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Economicsunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Engineering Drawingunmatched
  • Facilities Planningunmatched
  • Feasibility Analysisunmatched
  • Governmentunmatched
  • Government Organizationsunmatched
  • Industrial Engineeringunmatched
  • Investment Capitalunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturing Analysisunmatched
  • Manufacturing Costunmatched
  • Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
  • Manufacturing Systemsunmatched
  • Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Militaryunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Analysisunmatched
  • Process Developmentunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Product Designunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Productivity Managementunmatched
  • Propulsionunmatched
  • Roboticsunmatched
  • Secret Clearanceunmatched
  • Simulationunmatched
  • Technical Presentationunmatched

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