Manufacturing Engineer High Purity
Farmington, NM - USA
Job Summary
If youre looking for a special place to build or grow your career youve found it. Whether youre an experienced professional a recent college graduate or somewhere in between IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.
With interesting opportunities in engineering marketing sales supply chain operations HR finance and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe chances are we have something special for you.
Make an Impact Where It Matters
At IDEX we create trusted solutions that improve lives. At Mott a highprecision filtration business within IDEX youll work on missioncritical products used in Semiconductor Healthcare Clean Energy and Space Exploration markets.
This role is a strong fit for engineers who want real ownership handson influence and the opportunity to improve how advanced products are madeevery day. As a Manufacturing Engineer supporting High Purity cleanroom operations you will shape processes strengthen reliability and enable production teams to operate safely consistently and efficiently.
If you enjoy being close to the manufacturing floor leading change and turning complex challenges into practical solutions this role offers the autonomy and impact that define careers at IDEX
Role Purpose
The Manufacturing Engineer leads the design implementation and continuous improvement of cleanroom manufacturing processes ensuring compliance with ISO regulatory and internal quality standards. The role emphasizes:
- Strong process ownership
- Practical scalable engineering solutions
- Equipment reliability and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Clear standard work effective training and structured change management
Engineers in this role apply the IDEX 80/20 mindset to simplify complexity and focus effort where it delivers the greatest impact to safety quality delivery and cost.
Key Responsibilities
Own and improve cleanroom manufacturing processes
- Design and implement robust standard work and training
- Develop fixtures and tooling that enhance quality efficiency safety and ergonomics
- Lead change management for new processes and equipment
- Improve equipment uptime and reliability through TPM programs
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean and datadriven methods
- Balance daily production support with longerterm improvement initiatives
Challenges Youll Lead Through
Ensuring new processes are consistently adopted on the production floor
- Creating training that results in lasting competency
- Designing tooling that meets quality safety and ergonomic needs
- Introducing improvements while minimizing disruption
- Improving uptime on critical cleanroom equipment
- Prioritizing highimpact work using the IDEX 80/20 philosophy
What Success Looks Like
95% uptime on critical cleanroom equipment
- 10% OEE improvement within 12 months
- 100% process adoption within 90 days of rollout
- 95% operator competency following training
- 15% reduction in production lead time
- 20% reduction in setup time through improved fixture design
- 98% TPM compliance
- Annual reduction of 20% lowvalue process complexity
Required Experience & Qualifications
Bachelors degree in mechanical Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering (or related field)
- 3 years of manufacturing or process engineering experience
- Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma TPM and change management
- CAD proficiency for fixture and tooling design
- Familiarity with ERP systems
- Strong analytical problemsolving and communication skills
Technical Knowledge
- Cleanroom manufacturing and contamination control
- Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- Training matrices and competency systems
- Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Rootcause analysis and TPM methodologies
- Fixture and tooling design fundamentals
Attributes for Success at IDEX
- Ownership mindset with a bias for action
- Ability to coach and develop others
- Clear confident communication
- Datadriven decision making
- High attention to detail and accountability
- Comfort influencing change through collaboration and example
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people our culture and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world
Total Rewards
The compensation range for this position is $88200.00 - $132200.00 depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.Benefits Package
Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits 401(k) retirement savings program with company match PTO and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed genetic information sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status age national origin disability protected veteran status or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal state or local laws.
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About Company
IDEX (NYSE: IEX) is a company that has undoubtedly touched your life in some way with products that are mission-critical components in everyday activities.