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TECHEAD is seeking qualified applicants for the following Direct Hire position – Manufacturing Engineer (Hybrid Remote) / Gaithersburg MD – (JOB-22423). If you are looking for a new opportunity and this position looks to be a fit, please apply to see the TECHEAD difference that has made us successful for 30+ years!
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Job Description:
Full Time, Direct Hire
This position allows for 3 days per week remote / work from home.
Salary: $100,000 – 130,000/year
The Manufacturing Engineer – Document Control and Configuration plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between product development and manufacturing by supporting document control, component engineering, configuration, and compliance management within the Engineering department. This cross-functional position supports the full product lifecycle, from concept through manufacturing, ensuring the seamless integration of engineering processes, tools, and standards. The role also includes ingesting and integrating technical designs from acquired companies, legacy portfolios, and external customers into the company’s existing engineering ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- PLM Administration: Manage and improve the company’s PLM efforts and database, ensuring data integrity, security, and usability.
- Artifact Tracking: Manage the ongoing import, organization, and lifecycle tracking of engineering artifacts and technical documentation.
- User Enablement: Provide user support, onboarding, training, and continuous process improvements to enhance PLM adoption and workflow efficiency across teams.
- Data Maintenance: Maintain and update component data, parameters, and workflows within ERP and PLM systems.
- BOM Management: Create, structure, and manage complex Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Sourcing & Substitution: Identify alternate component sources and manage the qualification of new components based on lifecycle status, cost-efficiency, and supply chain availability.
- Design Support: Support the selection of critical components for new product introductions (NPI) and cost-reduction initiatives in existing product lines.
- Lifecycle & Environmental Compliance: Monitor and proactively manage component obsolescence and compliance standards (such as RoHS, REACH, and conflict minerals regulations).
- Change Control Ownership: Serve as the primary owner of the Engineering Change Control process (ECO/ECN), ensuring timely, accurate, and disciplined implementation of changes across all enterprise systems and teams.
- Documentation Management: Manage the creation, revision history, and controlled distribution of engineering blueprints, schematics, and manufacturing documents.
- Process Improvement: Support the definition, optimization, and continuous improvement of core engineering release and configuration processes.
- Technical Ingestion & Legacy Integration
- Data Ingestion: Lead the technical ingestion, auditing, and mapping of designs and documentation from acquired companies, legacy portfolios, or external customers.
- System Standardization: Standardize and import external design data into internal PLM, ERP, ECAD, and document control systems.
- Process Alignment: Ensure integrated external data complies with internal engineering standards, naming conventions, and quality processes.
- Cross-Functional Resolution: Collaborate across engineering, supply chain, and quality disciplines to resolve data compatibility, quality gaps, and documentation issues during integration.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in engineering services, PLM administration, document control, or product development support roles.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency with enterprise PLM platforms (e.g., Aras, Infor, Windchill, Arena, or Teamcenter) and formal document control workflows.
- Domain Knowledge: Strong fundamental understanding of electronic components, electro-mechanical hardware, and assembly processes.
- Integration Experience: Experience integrating external data, legacy designs, or data from corporate acquisitions into modern engineering systems is highly preferred.
- Compliance Awareness: Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks, environmental directives, and safety standards for electronic products.
- Soft Skills: Excellent organizational skills, precise attention to detail, and the cross-functional communication skills required to collaborate across engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams.
TECHEAD’s mission is to make our on-site associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won’t strive for anything less.
TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techead.com.
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