Staff Manufacturing Engineer

Summary of Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Staff Manufacturing Engineer at Elbit Systems of America will play a key role in establishing a new greenfield munitions facility, guiding its development from initial concepts through full-rate production.

This role oversees technology transfer and leads the design, development, and launch of Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) production lines for Class 3 UAVs and air to ground missile systems, including warhead integration.

The successful candidate will shape major elements of the facility and production system design, ensuring safe, efficient, and scalable operations.

Responsibilities include creating and refining manufacturing processes, defining equipment and tooling needs, designing production layouts, and developing test infrastructure and operating systems that support both initial and high-rate production.

Success in the role requires deep knowledge of relevant products and manufacturing methods to accelerate facility stand up while effectively applying lessons learned.

The position collaborates closely with senior leadership across the division and the broader company.

Responsibilities and Tasks


* Greenfield Facility & Production Line Development


* Serve as the key Manufacturing Engineering lead for the establishment and startup of the new munitions manufacturing facility.


* Develop the overall manufacturing concept for assembly, integration, and test operations associated with dissimilar products


* Translate product requirements, production forecasts, and rate requirements into manufacturing capacity and infrastructure requirements.


* Develop production layouts incorporating material flow, work cells, inspection points, test operations, tooling, equipment, and support areas.


* Define requirements for manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, material-handling systems, and production infrastructure.


* Support equipment specification, sourcing, installation, commissioning, and production qualification.


* Participate in facility design reviews to ensure the building and infrastructure support manufacturing requirements.


* Develop manufacturing readiness plans and drive actions required to achieve initial production and subsequent rate increases.


* Assembly, Integration & Test


* Develop safe, repeatable, and efficient manufacturing processes for product assembly, integration, inspection, and test.


* Develop tooling and fixture concepts and coordinate their design, fabrication, qualification, and implementation.


* Define manufacturing inspection points, acceptance criteria, process controls, and verification requirements.


* Support prototype and first-article builds and transition products from engineering development into production.


* Drive process capability, repeatability, defect reduction, yield improvement, and cycle-time reduction.


* Production Readiness & Ramp


* Develop capacit...