Sr. Manufacturing Engineer - Assembly

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove—the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances—is a family-owned company known for craftsmanship, innovation, and integrity. Our products are found in the world’s most luxurious homes, and behind them are teams of people who live our values every day.

At our new Cedar Rapids facility, we’re building something special—a culture rooted in safety, excellence, and ownership. We do what’s right, take pride in our work, and continuously seek to improve. We win together through teamwork, accountability, and a passion for results. And we bring the energy—showing up with a positive mindset and a commitment to creating a workplace where people feel valued and motivated.

This newly created role is a unique opportunity to lead the setup, launch, and support of our assembly area. Whether you aspire to be a technical expert or future leader, this role will position you for long-term growth and development. You’ll work cross-functionally, manage project execution, and support the line beyond launch—all while helping build a culture where people and performance thrive.

Primary Planning And Start Up Responsibilities

• Provide the detailed input to project plans, schedules, and capital budgets.
• Evaluate the entire assembly process. This includes assessing the component fit, required fixturing, process parameters and equipment required to meet the design requirements.
• Develop detailed process requirements and the necessary process tools and equipment to ensure consistency and quality.
• Provide sequence needs of the process to our industrial engineering staff and guide the successful launch of the process
• Generate required process data to drive ERP and MES systems.
• Work collaboratively with industrial engineering team members to plan, purchase, install and implement efficient use of resources throughout the manufacturing process.
• Complete, or coordinate completion, of safety risk assessment and safety lifecycle through development, installation, and start-up of new equipment and processes.
• Perform quantitative process assessments & process capability analysis to validate production readiness of equipment and process.
• Support trial builds of product through the system gathering process feedback for evaluation.
• Qualify equipment, tools and processes in areas of responsibility.
  
  

Primary Ongoing Production Responsibilities

• Evaluate assembly line process monitoring, analyze and identify process elements not in control and lead continuous improvement efforts.
• Review production data and identify need for new equipment. Support capital projects with necessary data for justification
• Identify opportunities for lean manufacturing improvement and lead improvement projects
• Provide support to cross functional staff to sustain production process with respect to quality, safety, reliability and design.
• Support the production team on down equipment triage, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Review, analyze and disposition engineering change requests in support of the assembly and manufacturing process
  
  

We Value Our Employees By Providing

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave
• Interested in learning more on our robust benefits package we offer? Click here!
  
  

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.