Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The Engine Sensing Manufacturing Support Team at the Collins Aerospace Burnsville facility is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join the team. You will make an impact by evaluating and solving manufacturing problems related to design, process, and supplier issues for the manufacture of high-quality sensing assemblies in a collaborative team environment. You will provide technical support to our operations team in the form of enabling and improving the flow of manufacturing utilizing the principles of quality and industrial engineering.

A curious self-starter with excellent teaming, communication, and relationship building abilities is our ideal candidate. You should also have a passion for LEAN principles and processes and be eager to contribute to improved efficiency and productivity using your LEAN toolkit.

What You Will Do:

• Drive manufacturing process improvements across multiple assembly process steps
• Support production build operators with immediate needs on tooling and processes to meet production schedule.
• Implement procedure and process improvements based on safety, quality, and productivity.
• Identify and address safety concerns.
• Analyze and understand factory needs and requirements.
• Improve production facilities and equipment layouts.
• Provide information to management as the status of equipment, manpower, space, and other elements affecting manufacturing.
• Identify and manage risk in process development (primarily utilizing and driving Production Part Approval Process (PAPP) core elements e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.).
• Perform evaluations and conducts special process assessments or audits. Types of special process specifications include but are not limited to Welding, Brazing, NDT, heat treat, soldering, and chemical processing.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a manufacturing engineer supporting production.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Problem-solving skills with ability to proactively identify alternate solutions to overcome difficult technical challenges.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals.
• Detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively identify and resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Proven ability to facilitate difficult conversations and communicate early and concisely with individuals at all organizational levels.
• Collins Enterprise Values including Safety |Trust | Accountability | Respect | Collaboration | Innovation.

What We Offer:

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

This position may be eligible for relocation.