Manufacturing Engineer

Job Posting Start Date 05-29-2025 Job Posting End Date 07-29-2025

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Manufacturing Engineer located in Columbia SC.

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager the Manufacturing Engineer role is responsible for receiving, evaluating, cleaning, and customizing all technical information/documentation from the customer related to their product, derived from a New Product Introduction (NPI) or a design change to establish all necessary processes to manufacture it by maintaining its design and performance integrity

What a typical day looks like:

• Understand manufacturing and test equipment concepts, technologies, and techniques.
• Designs manufacturing processes within schedule and budgetary parameters.
• Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods.
• Define equipment maintenance requirements, identify root-causes of equipment failures, and develop hands-on maintenance skills.
• Work with other engineering stakeholders and customers on problem solving and continuous improvement to the design of equipment and products and may develop corrective and preventive action plans.
• May be involved in development and update of PFMEA for new products.
• May participate in control plan development.
• Write and update work instructions and other documents (e.g. specifications, procedures)
• Examines and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
• Confers with production group concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods.
• Coordinates with customers to identify product specifications and design changes and responds to customer request.
• Provides information for management recommendations from a technical and technical cost perspective.
• Confers with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
• Applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor degree in a related field or equivalent experience and training.
• 5 years of related experience.
• Advanced operations, technical and people skills.
• Expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
• Knowledge of multiple functional technologies/ processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
• Advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills.
• Advanced / thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business.
• Advanced skill and troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and overview of the entire test process and the ability to train others.  Able to run and explain simulations.

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Production Engineering

Relocation: Not eligible

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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