Description
You own the program-level outcomes and the mechanisms that make those outcomes repeatable and improvable. You build the systems that make OEE, yield, and throughput visible, tied to cost, and driving the right priorities at the right time.
Success in this position hinges on three key facets:
- Outcomes over activity - you own whether manufacturing engineering effort translates into schedule and cost results. When the wrong problem is being solved, you redirect with data. When the right problem is not moving fast enough, you drive urgency and remove obstacles.
- Analytical depth - You use capacity modeling, discrete event simulation, and process capability analysis to see what is coming before it arrives.
- Pragmatic technical judgment - you are technical enough to challenge manufacturing engineering, pragmatic enough to know when good enough is the right call, and disciplined enough to hold the financial line.
You will own the program-level outcomes of manufacturing engineering execution through schedule performance, cost performance, and trajectory toward rate readiness. You will build the processes and mechanisms that make OEE, yield, and throughput visible, actionable, and tied to program-level financial performance. You will coordinate with manufacturing engineers to ensure the right problems are prioritized against schedule and cost targets.
You will use capacity modeling and discrete event simulation to forecast constraints, validate investment decisions, and inform production planning. You will translate operational data into program decisions that keep schedule and cost on track. You will drive accountability for manufacturing engineering outcomes without directing the engineering work itself.
You will build leading indicator systems that enable early intervention before manufacturing issues become schedule slips. You will own schedule and cost performance of manufacturing engineering initiatives, ensuring effort maps to results. You will prepare technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.
You will build and maintain reliable analysis pipelines using version control, scripting, and scalable workflows.