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Manufacturing Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
Lafayette, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/1/2026

Education & Experience Required:

  • Years of experience: 3-5 years of engineering/technical experience
  • Degree requirement: Undergraduate degree in engineering or engineering technology
  • Do you accept internships as job experience: No


Top 3 Skills

  • Engineering or technical education and experience in a manufacturing engineering or similar role providing process support to operations
  • Collaboration communication
  • Top candidates will have experience in all and/or some of these areas: engineering and factory systems, engine manufacturing, demonstrated ability to deliver quality results with a sense of urgency.

Additional Technical Skills

Collaborative Automation: Knowledge of techniques and processes of collaborative automation; ability to develop and deploy cobots to automate manufacturing processes.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes the concepts, features, and benefits of collaborative automation.

• Discusses key considerations and issues in collaborative automation.

• Highlights the difference between collaborative robots and traditional robots.

• Lists applications of collaborative automation such as material handling, product inspection, etc.


Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.

• Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.

• Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.

• Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.


Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Assists in problem resolution, drafting and writing specifications for engineering practices.

• Works with basic, routine components of the engineering discipline in manufacturing.

• Performs basic installation, maintenance and repairs for a specific engineering function.

• Follows relevant standards, policies and practices in engineering operations.

• Reports unusual engineering issues and considerations regarding manufacturing operations to senior staff.


Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Cites examples of benefits and risks associated with implementing lean principles.

• Describes basic tools for observing existing processes and identifying waste.

• Cites industry or company examples of successful and unsuccessful lean implementations.

• Identifies key lean principles and highlights of the lean manufacturing process.


Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Assesses associated phases, activities, deliverables and processes.

• Documents relevant standards, policies and practices.

• Follows standard manufacturing processes to conduct production activities.

• Researches new technologies to be integrated into existing manufacturing process.

• Explains tools, techniques and documents used for process monitoring and control.


Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.

• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.

• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.

• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.


Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Knowledge of techniques and processes of robotic process automation (RPA); ability to develop and deploy RPA solutions in various industries.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes the concepts, features and benefits of RPA.

• Lists examples of RPA application in various industries, e.g., retail, banking, and healthcare.

• Lists methods and tools that are used to develop and deploy RPA.

• Discusses main considerations and issues regarding RPA. (Required)

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