Manufacturing Engineer II

Date Posted:

2025-09-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HAL02: Aerostructures-Foley 1300 West Fern Ave, Foley, AL, 36535 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed.​ The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineering role for supporting assembly operations of the Airbus A320neo Nacelle systems. Responsible for learning the fundamentals necessary to optimize the performance of a wide range of tasks and services in support of assembly operations, production and business unit objectives. Participates in the design and arrangement of machines and tooling and sequence of operations and may check that mandatory modifications are incorporated to ensure configuration compliance. Analyzes operations information and makes changes to procedures as needed to solve problems and improve efficiency.

The position is onsite at our Foley AL facility. Relocation assistance is available.

What You Will Do:

• Ensures sequence on manufacturing process and product builds, is followed and complies with EH&S and Quality requirements.
• Owns design and arrangement of tooling and machines of the manufacturing process (layout)
• Improve manufacturing processes/ products to achieve producibility working with design engineers. 
• Implement process upgrades by applying various engineering applications such as: robotics and automation.
• Identify opportunities on drawings and specs to influence changes to engineering designs and line balancing,
• Participate in tool design reviews to ensure tools are feasible and reduce build times and program costs during fabrication.
• Uses data analytics / SPC for productivity, First Pass Yield and OEE targets and improvement.
• Drive problem solving initiatives & challenge status QUO (C/A Investigations, OEE, FPY, Customer escapes)
• Participates and contributes on PFMEA and Control Plans
• Owns creation and maintains manufacturing process documents (routings, BOM, Visual aids, Std work, etc).
• Participate on digital manufacturing solutions with support from Digital subject matter experts

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field
• Experience reading and interpreting specifications, and engineering drawings and models.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement tools
• Experience with CAD design software

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience in robotics and automation.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Red X ACE or CORE
• Experience with CATIA, SAP
• Understanding of Project Management methods.
• Microsoft Office
• Experience adapting equipment or tooling design to factory and production conditions.

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us! 

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

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)