Associate Director, Manufacturing Engineering (Onsite)

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Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW103: Midland GA 8801 Macon Road Midland GA 31820 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

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None/Not Required

The Associate Director Manufacturing Engineering serves as the strategic and technical leader responsible for the full manufacturing engineering value stream including product engineering process engineering programming engineering and new product introduction (NPI). This leader will architect and execute the longterm manufacturing technology roadmap ensure flawless product industrialization and deliver highquality hardware with minimal defects. The role is accountable for driving engineering excellence advancing manufacturing capability and enabling predictable competitive and scalable production performance across the factory.

What You Will Do:

Strategic Leadership & Technical Governance

• Set the longterm vision and strategy for Manufacturing Engineering ensuring alignment with business objectives customer requirements and enterprise standards.

• Lead and integrate Product Engineering Process Engineering and Programming Engineering into a cohesive highperforming organization that delivers robust defectfree products.

• Own the technical governance framework including designformanufacture (DFM) process capability tooling strategy and manufacturing readiness.

• Drive standardization of manufacturing methods equipment and technologies across product families to improve quality cost and delivery performance.

New Product Introduction (NPI) Excellence

• Lead endtoend NPI execution ensuring new products are industrialized with worldclass quality stable processes and predictable rampup performance.

• Oversee manufacturing readiness reviews process validation and capability qualification to ensure flawless launch and minimal earlylife defects.

• Partner with Design Engineering to influence product architecture manufacturability and cost from concept through production release.

Process Capability Quality and Performance

• Ensure manufacturing processes consistently deliver highquality hardware with extremely low defect rates leveraging advanced problemsolving and statistical methods.

• Oversee PFMEA control plans and process capability (Cp/Cpk) development to proactively mitigate risk and ensure robust process performance.

• Drive continuous improvement in cycle time yield labor standards and cost performance across all product families.

• Govern MRB strategy and systemic corrective actions to eliminate recurring defects and strengthen process discipline.

Technology Advancement & Automation

• Develop and execute the manufacturing technology roadmap including automation digital manufacturing advanced inspection and nextgeneration machining strategies.

• Lead capital planning and deployment to ensure investments align with longterm capability needs and factory competitiveness.

• Champion technology insertion initiatives that improve quality reduce variation and enhance operational efficiency.

Organizational Leadership

• Lead mentor and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization building deep technical capability and strong leadership bench strength.

• Create a culture of accountability innovation and engineering rigor ensuring teams are empowered to solve complex problems and deliver exceptional results.

• Set clear priorities allocate resources effectively and ensure alignment across engineering operations quality supply chain and program teams.

• Serve as a key member of the site leadership team influencing strategy driving transformation and shaping the future of the factory.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field and 12 or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering product engineering or technical operations within a complex highprecision production environment OR a Masters degree and 10 or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering product engineering or technical operations within a complex highprecision production environment

• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering highquality products with minimal defects.

• Proven leadership of NPI programs manufacturing readiness and process validation.

• Expertise in PFMEA process capability DFM and advanced problemsolving methodologies.

• Experience with machining assembly special processes or complex aerospace hardware manufacturing.

• Proficiency with manufacturing systems (MES ERP PLM) and datadriven engineering tools.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Masters degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• Experience in aerospace defense or other highly regulated highprecision manufacturing environments.

• Background in automation digital manufacturing advanced machining or nextgeneration manufacturing technologies.

• Lean Six Sigma or CORE certification (Black Belt or equivalent).

• Experience leading capital strategy technology roadmaps and largescale transformation

Learn More & Apply Now

In addition to transforming the future of flight we are also transforming how and where we work. Weve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

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

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles commuting to and from the assigned site is the employees personal responsibility.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 157200 USD - 298800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical dental vision life insurance short-term disability long-term disability 401(k) match flexible spending accounts flexible work schedules employee assistance program Employee Scholar Program parental leave paid time off and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including but not limited to individual performance business unit performance and/or the companys performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.

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