
Manufacturing Engineer
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD)
Simsbury, CTJob$85–130K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Manufacturing Engineer serves as the technical lead on internal and external projects, managing technical and schedule aspects throughout the production life cycle. The role supports transitions from proposals to production, works with customers and production teams, and develops manufacturing documentation, tooling, test fixtures, and cell layouts. EBAD seeks an engineering graduate with manufacturing or related engineering experience; mechanical or manufacturing engineering is preferred.
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Full job description
At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you!
Job Description
Responsibilities:
This position supports and reports directly to the Manufacturing Engineering Lead. The Manufacturing Engineer (ME) is the technical lead on internal and external projects and is responsible for all technical and schedule aspects of the project/product throughout the production life cycle. Primary duties include:
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Development and maintenance of manufacturing documentation (including manufacturing instructions, routings, process specifications and tooling) as well as product testing requirements and methods.
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Providing continuity during transitions from proposals to production by acting as the main technical liaison between the customer and EBAD.
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Solving manufacturing problems, investigating process failures and implementing corrective actions
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Coordination with other departments to ensure the production viability of new designs, creation of the required documentation, and internal and customer approval of documentation.
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Interface with production personnel including operators, quality inspectors, and shop floor supervisors.
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Implementation of Lean methodologies including standard work, point of use tooling, material presentation and process improvements.
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Development of automated test fixtures and assembly tools
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Development of layouts of manufacturing cell design including tooling, machinery and equipment.
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Creation of Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
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Technical compliance and risk assessment
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Creating standard work and contributing to manufacturing cell planning
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Tracking status and ensuring completion of operations milestones and tasks for production programs
Requirements:
The successful candidate must have a BS/MS in an engineering discipline, preferably mechanical engineering or manufacturing engineering and manufacturing or related engineering experience in multi-part mechanisms and mechanical assemblies. Additionally, it is desired that the candidate has experience in the following areas:
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Knowledge of space vehicle mechanisms and systems
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CAD, 3-D modeling, assembly creation, drawings and GD&T.
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Design of tooling and fixtures
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Design for Manufacturing methods and techniques
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Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
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Formal problem analysis and resolution
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Project management skills with the ability to document, plan, and execute programs
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Working with aerospace products and processes.
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Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing practices
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Enterprise/Manufacturing Resource Planning (ERP/MRP) systems.
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MS Office- Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Familiar with and able to work in MS Project.
The anticipated wage range for this position is$85,000-$130,000 per year The salary range represents the range EBAD has established in good faith for this position and may vary based on qualifications, experience, education, skills, internal equity, and business needs.
EBAD offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; retirement benefits; paid time off and holidays; life and disability insurance; employee assistance and wellness resources; and incentive compensation eligibility, subject to applicable plan terms and conditions. Benefit eligibility may vary based on position, work location, employment status, and applicable plan provisions.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,273 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–130K/yr
- Connecticut median$87–139K/yr56 salary ranges
- US median$96–142K/yr3,009 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $108K, is 5% below the Connecticut median midpoint ($113K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Connecticut.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 76 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Connecticut and 5,273 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Connecticut
- Lockheed Martin14 open
- RTX Corporation14 open
- Actalent6 open
- Experience
- Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (4,171 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,026 of the 5,273 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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