Lead Manufacturing Engineer

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Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer in our Los Angeles, California facility. This is an onsite, Monday‑Friday role, aligned to a 1st shift schedule. With almost 300 employees, the Los Angeles facility designs and manufactures quality valves, regulators, and other fluid controls used mostly by the Aerospace Industry.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $ - $ per year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only.

• Implement Lean Manufacturing principles and utilize Six Sigma methodologies to develop and maintain robust manufacturing processes in order to increase productivity, reduce variation, and eliminate waste.
• Utilize technical skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to product non‑conformance and performance test failures for hydraulic, pneumatic, and electro‑mechanical products.
• Lead root cause and correction action for manufacturing issues by utilizing problem‑solving tools such as 8D analysis and PFMEAs.
• Identify, analyze, and implement cost reduction and productivity improvement projects in a production environment.
• Work on a cross‑functional team to execute projects and ensure internal and external customer satisfaction.
• Serve as a technical focal point to operators, team leaders, and other engineers, and as a technical contact with internal and external customers, manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, product support, material, and suppliers to ensure their satisfaction.
• Develop process plans, fixtures, and tooling in support of Continuous Improvement Processes.
• Research, recommend, and execute capital equipment projects.
• Ensure processes meet Environmental, Safety, and Health (MESH) & regulatory requirements.
• Analyze data from OEM returned products and implement improvements to increase processing yield and quality of the components, minimizing the number of returned units.
• Analyze data from mechanical components to implement improvements to increase producibility of the components, minimizing the assembly and test cycle times.
• Provide technical expertise on hydraulic and pneumatic products with emphasis on producibility and first‑time pass.
• Collaborate with peers and management to determine key goals and objectives, and corresponding metrics, to be completed during a determined period (usually one year). Review and amend these actions as appropriate.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution is required.
• Minimum five years experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Access to export‑controlled information: applicant must be a U.S. person (citizen, green card holder, refugee, or asylee).
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Only candidates in the immediate geographic area (50 mile radius) of Los Angeles, CA will be considered.

• Previous aerospace experience.
• Master’s degree in engineering.

• Experience with assembly and test operations of hydraulic, pneumatic, or electro‑mechanical products.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen or other Continuous Improvement Processes.
• Experience with MRP systems.
• Familiarity/experience with Six Sigma & Problem Solving methodologies.
• Experience with working on cross‑functional teams.
• Good technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with computer‑based methods and tools.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.  for more detail:
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