Process Development Engineer
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Job overview
The Process Development Engineer develops new or expanded assembly process platforms and transfers them to manufacturing. The role works across multiple engineering groups and calls for hands-on process development experience, knowledge of mechanical engineering or materials science, and familiarity with automated equipment in high-volume manufacturing. Equipment and process examples include optical device alignment, pick and place, fiber attach, flip chip assembly, thermocompression bonding, flex-circuit interconnect technologies, and design of experiments.
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T he P r o cess D e vel o p m e n t E n g i n eer is r esponsible for d eveloping n ew a n d/or e xpanding cu r r ent asse m bly p r ocess platf o rm s and t r ansfe r r ing th e m to m anuf a ctu r in g . He or she m u st be a m ultitasking team p layer a n d able to inte r f a ce with m u ltiple engin e e r ing g r ou p s. T h e pe r son sh o uld have h ands on expe r ience with p r ocess develop m ent a n d be well ve r sed in m echanic a l enginee r ing or m a t e r ials science as well as with a u to m at e d equip m ent in a high volu m e m anu f actu r ing envi r o n m en t . He or she sh o uld be a dept in a uto m a ted eq u i p m ent, such as b u t not li m i t ed to, optical device alignm e nt, pick and place, fiber attach, flip chip asse m bly, th e rm o co m p r ession b o nding, fl e x ci r cuit int e r conn e ct techn o l o gies such as u flex, o r pick a n d place m achines with adhesive d i s p ensing ca p ability; Design of E xp e r i m e n ts (
How this job compares
Set against the 5,273 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$80–125K/yr79 salary ranges
- US median$38–45/hr315 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 179 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 5,273 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Lockheed Martin22 open
- Westinghouse Electric Company9 open
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation8 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
- 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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