Manufacturing Engineer

Eaton’s AER MSD Mission System Division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineer. This role is based in Davenport, IA.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $68000 - $99000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

The Davenport facility has approximately 900 employees and is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and delivery of Aerospace life support and safety systems compoennts and services to the global aftermarket and OEM markets.

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading cost-out events and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

In This Function You Will

• Lead cost-out events and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply Lean-Manufacturing and 6-Sigma Techniques to eliminate waste, reduce process variation and to deliver products that meet customer expectations.
• Participate in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimize product development costs and maximize useful life of products.
• Conduct Design for Manufacturing and value engineering initiatives as applicable.
• Develop work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates and to identify opportunities for cost reduction.
• Participate in new product development projects using program management tools to articulate deliverables and maintain schedules.
• Develop and integrates new processes and methodologies as to provide competitive advantages for the business.
• Compose Capital Appropriation Results (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum 6 months of experience in a manufacturing environment
• No relocation will be offered for this position. Only candidates who reside within a 70 mile radius of the Davenport, IA facility will be considered for this position. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• “This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.”
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of internship or co-op experience in engineering or manufacturing
• Experience with Lean/6-Sigma/ Continuous Improvement
• Six Sigma Green Belt certified
• AS9100/ TS16949 experience
• Tool Design and development experience
• Problem solving and data analytics experience
  
  
  

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