Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Join Milwaukee Electronics – 70 Years of Innovation & Excellence

At Milwaukee Electronics, we’ve been delivering innovative manufacturing solutions for more than seven decades. By combining experience with cutting-edge technology, we empower businesses with tailored solutions that drive growth and success. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement — and we’re looking for leaders who want to help shape the future of manufacturing.

Summary

Plans, directs, and coordinates manufacturing engineering activities to ensure efficient, cost-effective, and high-quality production processes for the manufacturing of electronic assemblies by performing the following duties either in person or by directing subordinates:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the manufacturing engineering team.
• Provide technical support for production, maintenance, and sales, including NPI transitions.
• Drive Lean and continuous improvement initiatives to boost productivity, reduce waste, and improve quality.
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes, procedures, and layouts for maximum efficiency and safety.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (customers, production, quality) to launch new products and improve processes.
• Monitor production metrics, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee new equipment, automation, and technology integration.
• Manage manufacturing engineering budgets and resource allocation.
• Partner with suppliers to evaluate new materials, technologies, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Support facility and equipment maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Must be adaptive and supportive of change and possess good communication skills.
• The work performed in this job can only be done on site; therefore, attendance is an essential function of the job

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly manages the manufacturing engineering team and related maintenance functions.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, performance reviews, and employee development.
• Ensures policies, procedures, and compliance requirements are followed.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering plus 5 years of managerial experience in manufacturing engineering.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methods.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with data-driven process optimization.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Creativity, adaptability, and the ability to manage complex technical challenges.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to point, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

MILWAUKEE ELECTRONICS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or age. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at 414-228-5000 or hr@milwaukeeelectronics.com.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please see this government poster: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov).

Because this job has access to controlled technology, we must comply with ITAR. Any job offers will be contingent on verification that the candidate is a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent resident, or individual granted asylum/refugee status in the U.S.) or can otherwise satisfy ITAR compliance requirements. If applicable, if an individual is not a U.S. person, our policy is to not take the extra step of seeking approval from the federal government for that person to work in this position.

Upon hire, the successful candidate must present acceptable proof of identity and current authorization to work in the U.S., as required on Form I-9. We do not provide sponsorship support for employment-based visas such as H-1B.