Senior Industrial Manufacturing Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-01-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HFL34: Melbourne, FL 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd , Melbourne, FL, 32902-2704 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

We are looking for an Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer to join our team and support our Operations and the manufacturing of CNS (Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance) products in our Melbourne, FL facility. 

In this role, you will make an impact by evaluating and solving everyday manufacturing problems related to design, process, and supplier issues for the manufacture of high-quality electronic assemblies. You will provide technical support to operations in the form of enabling and improving the flow of manufacturing utilizing the LEAN principles. 

Our ideal candidate will be a curious self-starter with excellent teaming, communication, and relationship building abilities. The candidate will also have a passion for LEAN principles and processes and be eager to contribute to improved efficiency and productivity and identify/eliminate waste from established processes.

You will make a significant contribution to developing, verifying, and sustaining assembly processes that will be used in the manufacturing of new and existing products. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Drive manufacturing process improvements across multiple assembly process steps.
• Perform time studies to maintain standard timings used for operator productivity calculations, and to aid with staffing analyses.
• Identify opportunities to remove waste from processes and reduce standard times.
• Support Production Build Operators with immediate needs on Tooling and Processes to meet production schedule.
• Utilize drafting/modeling SW to design and implement new fixtures for process improvement.
• Develop and maintain Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEAs).
• Analyze and understand factory needs and requirements.
• Conduct Process Flow and line balancing analysis and drive improvements.
• Develop tools that enable manufacturing or increase production rates.
• Implement Procedure and process improvements based on safety, quality, and productivity.
• Identify and address safety concerns.
• Improving production facilities and equipment layouts.
• Provide information to management as the status of equipment, manpower, space and other elements affecting manufacturing.
• Identify needs for capital expenses and provide cost/benefit analysis and business need.

QUALIFICATIONS YOU MUST HAVE:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience. 

QUALIFICATIONS WE PREFER:

• Lean manufacturing experience. 
• Experience with equipment and factory layouts. 
• Problem-solving skills with ability to proactively identify alternate solutions to overcome difficult technical challenges.  
• Ability to organize and prioritize while adapting to changing priorities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals.    
• Collins Enterprise Values including Safety |Trust | Accountability | Respect | Collaboration | Innovation.     

WHAT WE OFFER  

 

BENEFITS  

 

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:    

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance   

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees   

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate em