Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances is a longstanding, family-owned company. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in world’s most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

Industrial Engineer – Assembly, focus will be to bring experience and thorough process evaluation to drive efficient facility layout and product/process flow to our New Product Development (NPD) projects as part of our Manufacturing Engineering team.

We are seeking an experienced motivated individual with an analytical and hands on approach to provide technical expertise to the manufacturing engineering staff in our assembly team. This role will drive our efforts to effectively plan, design and implement assembly processes across the organization.

The right individual in this position will consistently apply engineering methods of process evaluation, equipment requirement generation, process evaluation, assembly line design and documentation to NPD and functional projects for Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove.

Primary Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead and develop a small team of manufacturing engineers while remaining actively engaged in engineering project work.
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes for new products from early concept through production launch.
• Define process flow, labor, equipment, tooling, fixtures, and capacity requirements to achieve quality, efficiency, cost, and production targets.
• Provide manufacturing input through design reviews, PFMEA, tolerance analysis, DFM/DFA, prototype builds, and other product development activities.
• Design and develop assembly fixtures and tooling required for new manufacturing processes.
• Define equipment requirements and manage capital projects from concept, justification, and supplier selection through installation and production readiness.
• Plan and facilitate prototype and pre-production builds, using results to identify issues and improve the product and manufacturing process.
• Develop manufacturing project plans and manage engineering deliverables, priorities, risks, and schedules to support product launch.
• Partner with product engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, suppliers, and other functions to resolve technical issues and deliver manufacturing solutions.
• Develop process documentation and work directly with production teams to implement, communicate, and continuously improve new processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related field required.
• 7-10 years of hands-on manufacturing engineering experience preferred.
• Previous leadership experience preferred, previous experience leading teams required.
• Experience developing and implementing manufacturing or assembly processes.
• Experience managing technical projects, equipment, tooling, and/or capital investments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, or provide technical direction to other engineers.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to effectively work across engineering and manufacturing operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-3 years leadership experience.
• Experience leading new product introductions from development through production launch.
• Experience designing fixtures and tooling using SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
• Experience with DFM/DFA, PFMEA, and manufacturing tolerance analysis.
• Understanding of automation, electrical controls, and manufacturing equipment.

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave
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