Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
- Weekly Pay for Hourly Employees
- Comprehensive Benefit Plans
- Quarterly Bonus Opportunity
- 401k with Company Match
- Emphasis on Employee Engagement
- Paid Holidays and Vacation Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Own daily engineering support for printing, die cleaning, drying/post-cure, and injection operations.
- Establish and maintain process windows, control limits, and defect-prevention standards.
- Lead troubleshooting for upstream issues (print anomalies, fill issues, drying/cure variation, die-cleaning defects).
- Translate R&D formulations and settings into stable production processes.
- Lead DOEs for print parameters, cure profiles, injection settings, and drying cycles.
- Validate new materials, tooling, and equipment for readiness and repeatability.
- Improve utilization of printers, dryers, post-cure ovens, and injection presses.
- Develop takt-based flow, staffing models, and equipment loading plans.
- Reduce early-stage variation to protect downstream yield.
- Support specification, installation, and qualification of new printers, injection presses, ovens, and cleaning tools.
- Partner with maintenance and controls teams to improve reliability and safety.
- Build data pipelines for print parameters, injection profiles, and cure cycles.
- Apply SPC, Cpk, and statistical analysis to identify drift and drive corrective action.
- Create dashboards and reporting standards for front-end process health.
- Author process documentation: setup sheets, cure recipes, PFMEAs, and control plans.
- Train operators and technicians on updated processes and best practices.
- Work with R&D on material adjustments, printability, green strength, and cure kinetics.
- Align with backend engineering and quality to ensure upstream decisions support firing and final inspection performance.
- Ensure all front-end processes meet Poly6 safety and quality standards.
- Conduct risk assessments for new materials and equipment.
- High school diploma or GED required; associate degree or technical certificate preferred.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in manufacturing or production operations, preferably in ceramics, investment casting, or precision assembly.
- Demonstrated experience training or mentoring team members.
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing practices (5S, visual management, standard work).
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
- Clear, direct, and supportive communicator.
- Hands-on problem-solving and mechanical aptitude.
- Basic computer literacy (Excel, ERP/MES systems).
- Committed to safety, quality, and team development.
- Ability to stand for long periods and perform fine manual tasks under magnification.
- Regularly lift or move up to 30 lbs.
- Work in controlled temperature and humid environments using PPE as required.
Note that we maintain a drug-free workplace, and all offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory results of a drug & background screen.
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