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Who are we looking for…?
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer to improve the safety, reliability, throughput, maintainability, and operational consistency of medical waste treatment facilities across the United States.
This is a field-oriented engineering role. The successful candidate will spend more than 50% of their working time in operating facilities, partnering directly with operations and maintenance personnel to understand equipment limitations, identify improvement opportunities, develop practical solutions, and verify results after implementation.
The ideal candidate combines mechanical design, industrial equipment knowledge, process improvement, electrical and controls awareness, and strong project-execution skills. They are comfortable working on the plant floor, translating operational issues into engineered solutions, coordinating vendors and internal stakeholders, and traveling to support deployment of successful improvements across multiple facilities.
Travel within the United States is required to support site assessments, equipment installations, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, and network-wide rollout of standardized improvements.
Role Overview:
The Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer owns the development and execution of engineered improvements to plant equipment, material flow, operating processes, and supporting facility systems.
The role is responsible for turning frontline operational observations, downtime data, maintenance feedback, safety concerns, and capacity constraints into practical, scalable solutions. These solutions may include equipment redesigns, new equipment additions, modifications to material-handling systems, improved controls and automation, plant-layout changes, process standardization, and upgrades to utilities or supporting infrastructure.
This position works from concept through implementation: observing operations in the field; defining requirements; developing designs and business cases; coordinating fabrication, vendors, contractors, and internal teams; supporting installation and commissioning; and measuring sustained performance after deployment.
Success in this role is measured by demonstrable, site-level improvements in equipment reliability, safety, capacity, labor efficiency, operating consistency, and reduction of recurring maintenance or process issues.
What you will do:
- Spend more than 50% of working time in operating facilities, observing processes, engaging with operators and maintenance personnel, assessing equipment condition, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, throughput, ergonomics, maintainability, material flow, labor efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop practical equipment redesigns, retrofits, fixtures, guarding, material-handling improvements, automation concepts, and equipment additions to address recurring operational challenges.
- Lead engineering work from concept through field implementation, including site assessments, requirements development, preliminary design, detailed design, cost estimates, vendor coordination, installation support, commissioning, and post-implementation verification.
- Analyze production constraints, operating practices, and process data to identify root causes and develop permanent corrective actions.
- Partner closely with operations, maintenance, and safety teams to ensure proposed solutions are safe, practical to operate, maintainable, and aligned with site needs.
- Support improvements to autoclaves, boilers, shredders, conveyors, compactors, utility systems, controls, and other medical waste treatment equipment.
- Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, equipment-selection criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation for internally executed work and outside vendors or contractors.
- Coordinate and oversee vendors, fabricators, contractors, and equipment suppliers during design, installation, startup, and troubleshooting activities.
Requirements/Skills & Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
Experience:
- 5+ years in in industrial manufacturing, automation, equipment design, maintenance engineering, or capital-project environments.
- Demonstrated experience taking equipment or process improvements from concept through installation, startup, and sustained operation in an active industrial facility.
- Experience working directly with plant operations, maintenance teams, equipment vendors, fabricators, contractors, and external service providers.
- Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
Technical Skills:
- Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
- Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
- Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
- Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
- Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
- Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred
Character Competencies:
- Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
- Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
- Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
- Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
- Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
- Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
Special Requirements:
Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.
Who are we looking for…?
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer to improve the safety, reliability, throughput, maintainability, and operational consistency of medical waste treatment facilities across the United States.
This is a field-oriented engineering role. The successful candidate will spend more than 50% of their working time in operating facilities, partnering directly with operations and maintenance personnel to understand equipment limitations, identify improvement opportunities, develop practical solutions, and verify results after implementation.
The ideal candidate combines mechanical design, industrial equipment knowledge, process improvement, electrical and controls awareness, and strong project-execution skills. They are comfortable working on the plant floor, translating operational issues into engineered solutions, coordinating vendors and internal stakeholders, and traveling to support deployment of successful improvements across multiple facilities.
Travel within the United States is required to support site assessments, equipment installations, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, and network-wide rollout of standardized improvements.
Role Overview:
The Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer owns the development and execution of engineered improvements to plant equipment, material flow, operating processes, and supporting facility systems.
The role is responsible for turning frontline operational observations, downtime data, maintenance feedback, safety concerns, and capacity constraints into practical, scalable solutions. These solutions may include equipment redesigns, new equipment additions, modifications to material-handling systems, improved controls and automation, plant-layout changes, process standardization, and upgrades to utilities or supporting infrastructure.
This position works from concept through implementation: observing operations in the field; defining requirements; developing designs and business cases; coordinating fabrication, vendors, contractors, and internal teams; supporting installation and commissioning; and measuring sustained performance after deployment.
Success in this role is measured by demonstrable, site-level improvements in equipment reliability, safety, capacity, labor efficiency, operating consistency, and reduction of recurring maintenance or process issues.
What you will do:
- Spend more than 50% of working time in operating facilities, observing processes, engaging with operators and maintenance personnel, assessing equipment condition, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, throughput, ergonomics, maintainability, material flow, labor efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop practical equipment redesigns, retrofits, fixtures, guarding, material-handling improvements, automation concepts, and equipment additions to address recurring operational challenges.
- Lead engineering work from concept through field implementation, including site assessments, requirements development, preliminary design, detailed design, cost estimates, vendor coordination, installation support, commissioning, and post-implementation verification.
- Analyze production constraints, operating practices, and process data to identify root causes and develop permanent corrective actions.
- Partner closely with operations, maintenance, and safety teams to ensure proposed solutions are safe, practical to operate, maintainable, and aligned with site needs.
- Support improvements to autoclaves, boilers, shredders, conveyors, compactors, utility systems, controls, and other medical waste treatment equipment.
- Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, equipment-selection criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation for internally executed work and outside vendors or contractors.
- Coordinate and oversee vendors, fabricators, contractors, and equipment suppliers during design, installation, startup, and troubleshooting activities.
Requirements/Skills & Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
Experience:
- 5+ years in in industrial manufacturing, automation, equipment design, maintenance engineering, or capital-project environments.
- Demonstrated experience taking equipment or process improvements from concept through installation, startup, and sustained operation in an active industrial facility.
- Experience working directly with plant operations, maintenance teams, equipment vendors, fabricators, contractors, and external service providers.
- Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
Technical Skills:
- Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
- Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
- Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
- Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
- Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
- Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred
Character Competencies:
- Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
- Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
- Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
- Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
- Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
- Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
Special Requirements:
Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.
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Who's Hiring
- Anduril10
- Tesla9
- SpaceX9
- Amazon9
- Northrop Grumman9
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Electronics & Hardware
- Technology & Software
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Retail
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in manufacturing systems engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or systems engineering
- Proficiency in PLC programming using platforms such as Allen-Bradley or Siemens
- Experience with MES, SCADA, or industrial automation systems integration
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of CAD tools and process simulation software for systems design
- Three to five years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing or production environment
Tips for Your Manufacturing Systems Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to each system
Hiring managers scan for the specific automation platforms and control systems named in each posting. List PLC brands, SCADA tools, MES software, and simulation environments you've used directly in your skills section, not buried in job descriptions.
Quantify throughput and efficiency gains
Generic claims about 'improving processes' won't stand out. Tie each project to a measurable outcome, such as a reduction in cycle time, an increase in line uptime, or a defect rate drop, so reviewers can immediately gauge your engineering impact.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists manufacturing systems engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by industry vertical
Your experience with FDA-regulated lines or automotive APQP processes is not interchangeable across all sectors. Target postings in the vertical where your domain knowledge is deepest, since hiring managers weigh industry context heavily for systems-level roles.
Prepare a technical walkthrough for interviews
Expect to narrate a full system you designed or improved, covering scope, constraints, control architecture, and results. Practice explaining it to a non-specialist in under three minutes, then be ready to go deep on any layer when pressed.
Negotiate relocation terms before accepting
Many manufacturing systems engineer roles are on-site at production facilities in locations that may require relocation. Clarify the employer's relocation package, start-date flexibility, and site assignment terms during the offer stage, not after you've accepted.
Manufacturing Systems Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most manufacturing systems engineers?
The most active employers for manufacturing systems engineers right now are Anduril, Tesla, and SpaceX, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Automotive suppliers, aerospace primes, and medical device manufacturers consistently post the highest volumes of these roles.
How many manufacturing systems engineer jobs are remote?
About 40% of manufacturing systems engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most production environments. Sub-areas such as systems architecture design, digital twin development, and MES software configuration are the most likely to offer partial or full remote arrangements.
How do you become a manufacturing systems engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or systems engineering, then gain floor-level exposure through internships or entry-level roles in production or process engineering. Build proficiency in PLC programming, automation platforms, and lean methodologies. Pursuing a Certified Manufacturing Engineer credential or a master's in systems engineering strengthens your candidacy for senior roles.
How do you get hired as a manufacturing systems engineer with little experience?
Focus on roles titled process engineer, automation technician, or manufacturing engineer, which share significant skill overlap and are common entry points. Highlight any project work involving control systems, process mapping, or efficiency analysis, even from academic labs or internships. Demonstrating hands-on familiarity with a PLC platform or simulation tool often compensates for limited professional tenure.
What does the manufacturing systems engineer interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include a recruiter screen, a technical phone interview covering automation and control systems concepts, and an on-site or virtual panel with engineering leads and operations managers. Candidates are typically asked to walk through a system they designed or improved and may complete a practical exercise involving a process flow diagram or control logic scenario.
Where can I find and apply to manufacturing systems engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to manufacturing systems engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level, industry background, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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