Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Full-time

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

**Job details**

**General information**

**Entity**

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

**Reference number**

2026-175113

**Job details**

**Domain**

Production

**Job field / Job profile**

Industrial engineering - Manufacturing tooling engineering

**Job title**

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

**Employment type**

Permanent

**Professional category**

Professional, Engineer & Manager

**Part time / Full time**

Full-time

**Job description**

Openings available for Senior Manufacturing Engineer at IDD Aerospace Corporation in Redmond, Washington:

Serve as lead engineer on projects, mentoring project contributors, and responsible for KPIs to ensure project success. Support successful transition of programs from the development stage to the production stage. Provide operations support for new product introductions and process improvements to improve manufacturing efficiency, ensure product quality, and lower costs for new and existing products. Utilize lean manufacturing methodologies and continuously improve products and processes and participate in quality improvement teams when appropriate. Create manufacturing BOMs, routers, and work instructions for complex and high value processes. Determine and develop the methods, operation sequence and tooling for the fabrication of parts, finishing and assembly of components, sub-assemblies or final products. Work closely with production and design engineering to implement methods and systems to achieve cost reductions in manufacturing. Develop assembly guides, procedures and illustrations for use in production. Coordinate activities in the evaluation, costing and disposition of discrepant materials, including product returns from customers, purchased items found defective, as well as in-house fabrications not conforming to specifications. Assist Design Engineering in conducting research, evaluation and testing of new materials, processes and product failure analysis. Plan and adapt machinery/work centers for the optimum utilization and efficient, productive layout. Assist the production operation in troubleshooting manufacturing problems on product performance and quality. Represent the Engineering Department at the Material Review Board (MRB) to disposition non-conforming material, develop rework/repair procedures, and perform analysis of root cause corrective action (RCCA).

**But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)**

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**Candidate skills & requirements**

• Requires a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical field and 3 years of experience leading avionics manufacturing in the aerospace industry.

• Must have 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Working with avionics optics

• Manufacturing and testing lighting displays for commercial and military applications using spot photometers, colorimeters, and spectroradiometers

• Working in an AS9100 certified environment

• Performing electronics production manufacturing

• Performing mechanical switch production

• Applying customized paint to achieve targeted lighting and cosmetic requirements

• Engaging in time studies, labor variances, and capacity analyses

• Utilizing Solidworks 3D CAD software

• Leading G