• Manufacturing Engineer 3

    PDS Defense (Seattle, WA)


    Engineering

    **Manufacturing Engineer 3** Seattle, WA Posted: 10/22/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    214042

    Job Category:

    Engineering

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Duration:

    52

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer 3, in Seattle, WA. Job ID#214042

     

    Pay Rate: $59 - $64/hr

    Job Description:

    Seeking a Mid-Level Electrical Manufacturing Engineer to support BT&E Wire Shops, Systems and Test Labs in Seattle, or Tukwila, Washington. A successful candidate in this role will have passion, creativity, and an insatiable desire for process improvement and efficiency. We need highly responsible professionals committed to upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and integrity.

     

    Manufacturing Engineers are owners of the build plan and ensure compliance to design configuration, build plan, and process requirements, Manufacturing Engineering performs Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) analysis and develops an integrated build plan consisting of work instructions for assembly/fabrication, kitting, tooling, inspection requirements, and other outputs to endure fabrication meets design, test, and program requirements.

    Position Responsibilities:

    • Develops and implements production and tooling methodologies

    • Participates on Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to integrate technical solutions across multiple disciplines

    • Develops, identifies and implements conceptual designs and maintains the program architecture for build

    • Leads and implements manufacturing plans

    • Conducts producibility and variation analyses to ensure that manufacturing process capability matches requirements

    • Leads in providing producibility information for inclusion in project plans and helps document producibility best practices

    • Analyzes design/build concepts to evaluate producible design/build definitions

    • Resolves technical problems of significant impact to performance, cost or schedule

    • Coordinates and implements new engineering principles, theories, advanced technologies and concepts

    • Validates and ensures production readiness of solutions to complex problems. Implements lean principles and technologies

    Required Skills:

    • Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree required from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry is required.

    • Knowledge with electrical/mechanical manufacturing process and assembly sequencing

    • Prior experience working on Manufacturing System

    • Experience with using manufacturing tools (PDM, CAPP, CMES, MESci, EPARTs, GOLDesp)

    Preferred Skills:

    • 3 + years of experience working in a production and/or manufacturing environment

    • 3 + years of experience leading or managing projects and/or teams

    • 3 + years of experience in a Manufacturing Engineering role

    • Experience with space or military electronics

    • Experience in Project management

    • Experience in Work Package Estimating

    Education / Experience:

    Bachelor's degree and typically 5 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a Master's degree with typically 3 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a PhD degree with experience in an engineering classification.

     

    Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Security Clearance:

    No Clearance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

     

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    The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

    + The California Fair Chance Act

    + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

    + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

    + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled