Polymer Concepts Technologies
Manufacturing Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Apple Valley, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline; or an equivalent combination of relevant education and dire
- Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or improving manufacturing processes within a precision manufacturing, machining, or similarly complex production environment.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing process development, process documentation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Working knowledge of CNC machining processes and manufacturing equipment.
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings, manufacturing specifications, and technical documentation.
- Demonstrated experience identifying root causes of manufacturing problems and implementing sustainable corrective or process-improvement solutions.
- Ability to work effectively in a hands-on manufacturing environment and collaborate with production personnel, technical specialists, Quality, Engineering, and leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting aerospace, medical device, defense, or other highly regulated/high-reliability manufacturing environments.
- Experience with polymer or plastics manufacturing processes and knowledge of material behavior, including dimensional change and shrinkage.
- Experience with Lean manufacturing methodologies, cellular or work-center manufacturing, setup reduction, standardized work, and waste elimination.
- Experience supporting CNC machining operations, including tooling, fixtures, workholding, setup optimization, and process improvement.
- Experience supporting cleanroom or controlled-environment manufacturing operations.
- Experience supporting the startup, expansion, relocation, or reconfiguration of manufacturing operations or facilities.
- Experience supporting new product introduction, first-article production, and transition from development into stable production.
Full description
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Environment: On-Site
Location: Apple Valley, CA
Manufacturing EngineerPosition Summary
The Manufacturing Engineer develops, implements, documents, and continuously improves manufacturing processes supporting precision polymer and CNC machining operations. The position plays a key role in PCTI's transition from a traditional job-shop environment to a work-center operating model by improving process capability, reducing setup time, increasing throughput, and establishing repeatable manufacturing standards.
The Manufacturing Engineer partners cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and other business functions to resolve manufacturing challenges, support new product introduction, and improve production performance. This role will also provide technical support for the development and operational readiness of PCTI's expanded Apple Valley manufacturing footprint.
Essential Job Functions
- Develop, document, implement, and continuously improve manufacturing processes supporting polymer processing, CNC machining, and related production operations.
- Analyze manufacturing workflows and implement improvements designed to reduce setup time, improve throughput, eliminate waste, and increase overall process capability and consistency.
- Support PCTI's transition from a job-shop operating model to a work-center model by helping establish repeatable processes, defined process ownership, standardized work, and effective production flow.
- Design, specify, evaluate, and improve manufacturing tooling, fixtures, workholding solutions, work instructions, and other process controls necessary to support safe, efficient, and repeatable production.
- Establish, document, and maintain appropriate manufacturing process parameters and operating standards, including requirements applicable to cleanroom or controlled manufacturing environments.
- Partner with Quality to improve process capability, reduce nonconformances, implement error-proofing methods, and address manufacturing-related quality concerns through sustainable process improvements.
- Troubleshoot manufacturing and production issues using structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis methods and implement corrective actions designed to prevent recurrence.
- Support new product and new part introduction activities, including manufacturing feasibility, process development, first-article production, process stabilization, and transition into repeatable production.
- Perform configuration management duties, including creating and maintaining items, bills of material (BOMs), and routers to ensure accurate manufacturing planning, production execution, revision control, and traceability.