Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elbit Systems of America is hiring a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to establish a new greenfield munitions manufacturing facility, from initial planning through full-rate production. The role leads technology transfer and the design, development, and launch of assembly, integration, and test production lines, while defining processes, equipment, layouts, and readiness plans for safe, scalable operations.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the key Manufacturing Engineering lead for the establishment and startup of the new munitions manufacturing facility
- Develop the overall manufacturing concept for assembly, integration, and test operations associated with dissimilar products
- Translate product requirements, production forecasts, and rate requirements into manufacturing capacity and infrastructure requirements
- Develop production layouts incorporating material flow, work cells, inspection points, test operations, tooling, equipment, and support areas
- Define requirements for manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, material-handling systems, and production infrastructure
- Support equipment specification, sourcing, installation, commissioning, and production qualification
- Participate in facility design reviews to ensure the building and infrastructure support manufacturing requirements
- Develop manufacturing readiness plans and drive actions required to achieve initial production and subsequent rate increases
- Develop safe, repeatable, and efficient manufacturing processes for product assembly, integration, inspection, and test
- Develop tooling and fixture concepts and coordinate their design, fabrication, qualification, and implementation
- Define manufacturing inspection points, acceptance criteria, process controls, and verification requirements
- Support prototype and first-article builds and transition products from engineering development into production
- Drive process capability, repeatability, defect reduction, yield improvement, and cycle-time reduction
- Develop capacity models for labor, equipment, tooling, test assets, and floor space
- Establish staffing assumptions, and production balancing
- Identify production constraints and develop plans to eliminate bottlenecks before they impact rate
- Support development of training and certification requirements for production personnel
- Work closely with Operations, Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, EHS, Security, Program Management, Configuration Management, and Test Engineering
- Participate in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, production readiness reviews, and configuration/change-control activities
- Ensure engineering changes are effectively incorporated into manufacturing processes, tooling, work instructions, and production configuration
- Communicate manufacturing readiness, risks, constraints, capital requirements, and recovery plans to site and division leadership
- Serve as a technical manufacturing resource to leadership during facility startup and production ramp
- Establish Lean manufacturing principles as part of the initial production system
- Implement visual management, standard work, 5S, mistake-proofing, point-of-use material, and structured problem-solving methodologies
- Use production data to identify opportunities for improvements in safety, quality, cost, schedule, and throughput
- Develop manufacturing processes with scalability and future automation in mind
- Ensure manufacturing processes are developed and operated in accordance with applicable company, customer, regulatory, quality, environmental, health, and safety requirements
- Partner with EHS and appropriate subject-matter experts to incorporate applicable energetic-material and munitions safety requirements into facility and process design
- Support implementation of appropriate process controls, material traceability, configuration control, documentation, and quality records
- Participate in process risk assessments, PFMEAs, safety reviews, and manufacturing readiness assessments
- Help establish a culture where safety is the fundamental element of the production system
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Typically 14+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or other complex manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated experience developing or improving assembly and production processes
- Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, facilities, and program organizations
- Ability to operate successfully in an ambiguous, fast-paced greenfield environment where systems and processes are still being established
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate manufacturing risks and recommendations to senior leadership
- Ability to handle multiple high priorities; comfort with ambiguity; internally driven and excels under pressure
- Proactively implements business and professional improvements
- Ability to support the organizational culture and build morale
Benefits
- Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
- 401(k) program
- Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
- Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
- Flexible Vacation & PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Employee Referral Program
- Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
- Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees
- This role will begin as a remote position during early planning stages. Following the build-out and initial operational setup, the position will transition to full on-site work, with relocation required. The estimated timeline for relocation is approximately 12 to 18 months.
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