Manufacturing Engineer

As a key member of our cross-functional team, you'll drive process excellence, focusing on assembly operations. Your role is critical to ensuring robust performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. We seek a candidate with a relentless drive for improvement and expertise in problem-solving. Work is performed on site. 

• Lead process development and improvement, ensuring robust performance in SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost).
• Collaborate with area leadership to define, stabilize, and improve existing processes.
• Conduct root cause analysis, experimentation, and implement mitigations for process issues.
• Apply Lean thinking and tools to reduce waste and enhance value flow in the shop.
• Provide 'second responder' support to resolve complex technical process challenges.
• Evaluate innovative manufacturing process technologies and manage their implementation.
• Work closely with product engineering to evaluate and enhance product designs for manufacturability.
• Design and implement processes for new product introductions, including tooling and instructions.
• Ensure timely execution of new process qualification plans.
• Support customer-facing issues and safety concerns.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering Technology from an accredited university.
• Demonstrated competence in improving fabrication and assembly of mechanical and electrical systems.
• Proven track record in systematic problem-solving.
• Preferred: 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, with 2+ years working directly with production equipment and maintenance.
• Experience in implementing Lean thinking and tools, and in design and application of precision production tooling.
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining production routers and work instructions.
• Strong project management skills for problem-solving and project execution.
• Proficiency in CAD, Solidworks preferred.
• Proficiency with MRP systems such as JDE or Oracle preferred.
• Ability to travel domestically to NOV offices and customer locations.
• Commitment to observing safety regulations and attending safety training.