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Chaska, MNJob$115–130K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Senior Production Engineer manages, maintains, and develops motor production processes and supports new and existing production hardware. The role defines and improves methods, equipment, and processes to meet requirements, improve yield, and reduce defects. It also applies lean initiatives and FMEA, supports production issue resolution, and helps train the workforce. The position is based at Marotta Controls’ Chaska, Minnesota location.
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Full job description
Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference—apply today! Sr. Production Engineer
Position Profile:
The Production Engineer is primarily responsible for the technical management, maintenance and development of new and existing motor production processes.This individual will be successful by taking pride and owning the results of their conducted work, being hands on with the products, teaching and ensuring others know how to perform the work, as well as understanding how their decisions will impact the overall success of the company’s goals. In this role the Production Engineer will define, develop, implement, and maintain methods, operations, equipment, and processes that continually ensure that products meet all internal and external requirements. The Production Engineer will also implement process improvements to improve yield results, participate in defect reduction activities, lean initiatives, and FMEA.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
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7+ years’ experience manufacturing electric motors or similar electromechanical assemblies
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Knowledgeable of electric motors, their components, the equipment, processes, and techniques for testing and manufacturing.
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Excellent verbal/written communication skills required for interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as all suppliers and customers
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Computer literate, with demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
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Must be a US Citizen
Essential or Primary / Key Responsibilities:
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Create tooling, fixturing, detailed assembly and test processes for new and improvement of motors and other production hardware
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Create, maintain, and improve FMEA, Control Plans, and other process control tools
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Identify and act on opportunities to reduce material and labor costs
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Design methods, processes, and tooling that can be automated
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Understand and implement measurement techniques utilizing best practices to assure part and assembly compliance
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Investigate, assess and resolve production issues
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Support introduction of new process and products into production.
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Implement improvements to current operations to improve efficiency
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Seek out and utilize external resources and experts to solve issues
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Manage the procurement of necessary tooling, fixtures, and equipment
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Create, maintain and refine detailed manufacturing documentation (i.e. Operation Sheets, Routers, Set-up/Tooling sheets, etc.)
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Generate accurate estimates (i.e. set-up, cycle time, material, etc.) using cost effective manufacturing methods
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Analyze layout of equipment, workflow, and assembly methods to maximize efficiency
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Generate procedures from various industry and aerospace specifications.
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Communicate designs and design intent with team members and suppliers.
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Apply Lean Manufacturing principles to designs, material selection, facility layout plans, cost estimates, DFM concepts, root cause investigations, etc.
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Participate and lead root cause investigations, troubleshooting activities, continuous improvement initiatives
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Experience with various molding techniques, equipment, and processes highly desirable
Additional Duties / Responsibilities:
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Desire to do ‘what it takes’ to accomplish our goals and WIN
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Speak up! Actively participate in team meetings to provide constructive recommendations and initiate actions to support company initiatives/goals
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Be proactive, think ahead, and keep the big picture in mind
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Become SME of the ERP and engineering systems
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Define, develop, and maintain performance metrics, to achieve targeted manufacturing objectives. Implement appropriate actions to resolve identified issues
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Lead training of assigned areas to maintain a well-trained workforce
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Abide by all safety, quality, housekeeping and company policies
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Consistently demonstrate commitment to company values
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Ensure that work area(s) are clean, secure, and well maintained
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Complete special projects and miscellaneous assignments as required
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Contribute to a positive, cooperative and safe work environment
This position is at our Chaska, MN Location
Pay Range: $115,000 - $130,000/year
Many of our contracts require proof that you are a U.S. citizen and/or that an export license has been obtained for employees who are citizens of certain countries. Your employment, both initially and continually thereafter, is conditioned on production of such proof of citizenship and/or any export license that may be required to comply with any and all applicable laws, regulations, or executive orders, or required by Federal, State, or local government contracts.
We offer a highly competitive compensation package for this outstanding position plus a quarterly bonus along with a full range of top quality benefits and employee services including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability income insurance programs, 401k retirement plans with company match, generous tuition aid program, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options. We recognize and reward our employee's accomplishments and host several employee engagement events per quarter.
If you are looking to grow or accelerate your career and be part of a best in class organization while enjoying a work-life balance, please visit our website at www.marotta.com to learn more about us and to apply. Check out all our openings at https://marotta.com/job-openings/
We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer M/F/IWD/Veterans
VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
How this job compares
Set against the 501 open Production Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–130K/yr
- US median$130–196K/yr381 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $123K, is 26% below the US median midpoint ($165K) — in the middle half of Production Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Production Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 501 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Production Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (434 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 214 of the 501 open Production Engineer jobs (43%) 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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