Manufacturing Engineer / Cold Forming

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, optimization, and ongoing support of high-volume CNC machining and cold forming processes across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Provide strategic process engineering direction for cold forming, cold heading, rolling, extrusion, and secondary operations.
• Evaluate, develop, and improve tooling and equipment to support reliable, efficient, and repeatable production.
• Lead manufacturing engineering support for New Product Introduction (NPI), translating product requirements into capable production processes.
• Drive quality and continuous improvement activities across machining and cold forming operations.
• Apply metal forming physics, machining fundamentals, and tooling knowledge to resolve complex production issues and improve process performance.
• Support materials development and supplier development activities involving steels and aluminum.
• Coordinate technical solutions across plants, suppliers, and corporate engineering as a senior cross-functional technical liaison.
• Provide strategic production support for multi-site manufacturing and supplier-facing operations, including extended on-site assignments.
• Travel 50%–75% of the time to support manufacturing sites, suppliers, and implementation activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, mechanical, or industrial engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in machining and/or cold forming environments.
• Cold forming experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with steels and aluminum.
• Strong understanding of metal forming physics, machining fundamentals, and tooling.
• Experience with CNC machining, cold heading, rolling, extrusion, and secondary operations.
• Experience supporting production in multi-site or supplier-facing roles.
• Experience with materials development, supplier development, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to provide cross-functional leadership and act as a technical liaison between plants, suppliers, and corporate engineering.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 75%, including extended on-site assignments.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive base salary of $150,000–$170,000.
• Opportunity to support advanced manufacturing programs across aerospace, aviation, and defense operations.
• Broad multi-site exposure across manufacturing plants, suppliers, and corporate engineering.

Additional benefits were not specified in the job description.