Production Engineer

Production Engineer

At Salas OBrien we tell our clients that were engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. Thats why were committed to living our values every day: inspiring achieving and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique meaningful and high-impact careerand theyll receive great total rewards along the way.

About Us:

Founded in 1975 Salas OBrien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients our team and the world. We know that tomorrows requirements are todays opportunities and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.

We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers healthcare science and technology high-rise buildings clean energy education and other building types as well as structural and building sciences infrastructure asset management advanced robotics and more.

Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development human resources finance and accounting information technology and marketing professionals all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.

Job Summary:

The Production Engineer will support the Scorpius project in Los Alamos New Mexico with a focus on transitioning complex engineered systems and components from design into fabrication assembly integration and production. This role works closely with engineering technicians manufacturing partners procurement and project teams to resolve production challenges improve manufacturability and ensure work is completed in accordance with technical requirements quality standards and project schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Support production fabrication assembly and integration activities for Scorpius systems and components.
• Work directly with design engineers and technicians to translate engineering designs into executable production and assembly processes.
• Review drawings specifications bills of materials work instructions and other technical documentation for manufacturability and production readiness.
• Identify and resolve production issues design conflicts material constraints and fabrication or assembly challenges.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes work instructions tooling requirements and production workflows.
• Coordinate with engineering procurement quality vendors and technicians to support material availability and production schedules.
• Support design changes configuration updates nonconformance resolution and implementation of approved technical changes.
• Provide technical support during component fabrication equipment assembly installation testing and system integration.
• Identify opportunities to improve production efficiency quality safety reliability and repeatability.
• Maintain production documentation and communicate status risks constraints and technical issues to project stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting manufacturing production fabrication assembly or integration of complex mechanical or electromechanical systems.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings specifications bills of materials and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes production planning design for manufacturability and configuration/change control.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production issues and coordinate technical solutions across engineering and operations teams.
• Strong communication documentation organization and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary hands-on engineering and production environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required DOE site access and security credentials.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience supporting DOE NNSA national laboratory accelerator nuclear defense or other highly regulated technical programs.
• Experience with low-volume high-complexity manufacturing or production environments.
• Experience with precision mechanical assemblies vacuum systems pressure systems electrical/mechanical integration or scientific equipment.
• Familiarity with Creo Windchill or similar CAD and product lifecycle management systems.
• Experience with GD&T design for manufacturability configuration management or nonconformance processes.
• Experience coordinating with machine shops fabricators suppliers or other external manufacturing partners.
• Active DOE Q or L clearance.

Travel: This position is primarily onsite in Los Alamos New Mexico. Occasional travel may be required based on project needs.

Compensation & Benefits:

The expected base salary range for this role is $110000 - $155000USD per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a number of factors including skills experience qualifications and location.

This role is also eligible forperformance-based bonuses and a comprehensiveU.S. basedbenefits package including:

• Medical dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
• Professional development support

For more information visit our full benefits overview here.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Salas OBrien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race colour religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state/provincial or local laws. Salas OBrien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.

Third-Party Agency Notice
Salas OBrien does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiters or agencies. We only work with approved partners engaged directly by our Talent Acquisition team for specific searches. Unsolicited submissions will not be eligible for placement fees.

Required Experience:

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