Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Title:
Manufacturing Engineer
Location:
Frederica, DE

About Us:

ILC Dover is a global leader in engineered products that protect people, products, and brands. From space exploration and defense systems to pharmaceutical and industrial applications, ILC Dover delivers mission critical solutions where performance, reliability, and safety matter most. ILC Dover offers competitive compensation and benefits within a collaborative, engineering driven culture that values innovation, teamwork, and technical excellence.

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies - from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers - to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we're driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:

ILC Dover is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a strong electrical systems and programming background to support Defense and Space programs. This role is responsible for embedding Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles into product development while also serving as the test engineering lead for defined products when laboratory testing is required.

This is a highly cross functional role that bridges design, manufacturing and testing, ensuring products transition efficiently from development to production while meeting performance, quality, and verification requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles throughout the product development lifecycle
  
  
• Partner with Design Engineering to improve manufacturability, reduce complexity, and increase first pass yield; Serve as the technical interface between Engineering and Manufacturing
  
  
• Evaluate designs for part count reduction, tolerance stack-ups, material and process selection, assembly and test efficiency
  
  
• Lead manufacturing readiness and producibility reviews
  
  
• Serve as the Test Engineer for space and defense products during laboratory testing. Develop and execute test plans, procedures, verification and validation activities
  
  
• Support functional, environmental, and integration testing; Analyze test data and drive root cause and corrective actions for failures
  
  
• Ensure test activities align with program, quality, and customer requirements
  
  
• Work closely with Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program Management to support issue resolution across design, build, and test phases
  
  
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and manufacturing processes
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
  
  
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, test engineering, or a hybrid role.
  
  
• Hands on experience supporting hardware development and testing.
  
  
• Understanding of design for manufacturing principles, manufacturing processes and assembly methods, and test planning and execution.
  
  
• Ability to work effectively in a lab and production environment.
  
  

Core Competencies:

• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
  
  

Preferences:

• Experience supporting Defense, Aerospace, or Space Systems.
  
  
• Experience with pressure systems, softgoods, or complex assemblies.
  
  
• Experience with electrical engineering or basic electrical theory.
  
  
• General programming experience and exposure to programmable logic controllers (PLC) and data acquisition (DAQ) systems.
  
  
• Competency in AutoCAD 2-D drafting and SolidWorks 3-D modeling.
  
  
• Familiarity with qualification, acceptance, or environmental testing.
  
  
• Experience transitioning products from development into production.
  
  
• Experience working in regulated or mission critical environments.
  
  

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements:

• Onsite.
  
  

What We Offer:

At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership - taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.