Kearfott Corporation, a global avionics, motion control and navigation supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial control components.  Our inertial guidance and navigation systems control military and commercial aircraft, military land vehicles, missiles, marine vehicles, satellites, and space instruments.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world class work force.  Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a ‘full service’ provider.  For more information visit our website at www.kearfott.com

The Manufacturing Engineer will strive for continuous productivity and quality improvements/enhancements and will perform various professional level duties on complex products within varied engineering and scientific activities related to systems and component design, development, and test programs; including hardware and software applications.

Job duties will include: 

Identify and implement continuous improvements to the production processes. 

Document production procedures and create standards to improve production efficiency. 

Collaborate with various departments to identify and implement ongoing quality improvements. 

Maintain knowledge and technical expertise of current production best practices tools and techniques.

Develop and implement production processes for new products, product enhancements and product changes. Support integration, installation, and testing as required. 

Minimize overall production costs while maximizing productivity. 

Collect, analyze, summarize, and present production and process data, information and trends to management. 

May conduct studies, investigations or analyses involving reliability, predictability, value engineering; or quality assurance problems including hardware and software projects.

Source new equipment and material suppliers as required. 

Assist in the evaluation of materials/products. 

Required Skills

Deep knowledge of manufacturing and production processes and concepts.

Strong analytical engineer; design and analysis of mechanical systems, FEA analysis, Material selection

3D CAD Design (SolidWorks), design for manufacturability (DFM)

Failure analysis, root cause analysis, Six Sigma

Test, analysis, design of integrated technologies

Strong presentation skills (written and oral) 

The ability to perform and multi-task and adjust priorities as appropriate 

Possess excellent time management skills

Ability to take initiative to meet deadlines and prioritize workload with minimal supervision 

Strong problem solving skills

Action and detail oriented 

The ability to work effectively with integrated teams, as well as independently 

Required Experience

Experience in the Aerospace/Defense Industry strongly preferred 

Experience with Inertial Navigation Systems strongly preferred 

Minimum of 5 years manufacturing or process engineering experience

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, M.S. a plus

Must be a US Citizen or be a US Permanent Residence Card Holder

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Visio, SolidWorks, ERP Systems, Minitab 

Deep knowledge of manufacturing and production processes and concepts.

Strong analytical engineer; design and analysis of mechanical systems, FEA analysis, Material selection

3D CAD Design (SolidWorks), design for manufacturability (DFM)

Failure analysis, root cause analysis, Six Sigma

Test, analysis, design of integrated technologies

Strong presentation skills (written and oral) 

The ability to perform and multi-task and adjust priorities as appropriate 

Possess excellent time management skills

Ability to take initiative to meet deadlines and prioritize workload with minimal supervision 

Strong problem solving skills

Action and detail oriented 

The ability to work effectively with integrated teams, as well as independently