MANUFACTURING PROCESS ENGINEER – NORTH AMERICA, WHITESTOWN, IN
Aerodyn Engineering is looking for a Manufacturing Process Engineer to help our manufacturing department plan smarter, quote sharper, and run more efficiently. You’ll build the job routers that turn a print into a manufacturing plan accurate estimations, the right machine selections, and work instructions the shop floor can actually execute while helping resolve the day-to-day scheduling and priority calls that keep production moving.
Shift Options:
1st Shift
Salary Range:
$100,000-$125,000+ (+ for the right candidate)
What We Offer:
- Quarterly Bonus Incentives
- Weekly Paychecks
- Industry-Competitive Wages
- Paid Time Off
- Designated Sick/Med Time Off
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Active Insurance Benefits Within Your First Month
- Wide Range of Medical Plans, including 100% employer-paid options
- 100% Employer-Paid Short-term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurances
- Dental/Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Match
- Skill Development & Advancement Opportunities
What You’ll Do:
- Be responsible for proficient, high-quality, cost-effective job routers — including accurate time estimations, machine selections, and detailed work instructions.
- Review historical quotes for similar/exact parts and their variations, reviewing profitability for accurate quoting/routing practices.
- Support project engineers by participating in project kick-off meetings as needed, ensuring technical support is provided to the team.
- Assist the manufacturing team in resolving scheduling and priority conflicts at machining centers, communicating all changes to supporting personnel.
- Assist CNC Programmers with tooling purchases for all released job routers, as necessary.
- Review and ensure quote data is processed timely by customer due dates, allowing time for management review.
- Create, document, develop, and implement continuous improvement procedures/initiatives to support successful growth within the manufacturing department.
- Mentor and motivate a positive shop floor culture at all times.
What Makes You a Fit:
- You can translate a print into a router that’s accurate, efficient, and easy for the floor to follow.
- You’re comfortable under pressure: quoting deadlines and schedule conflicts don’t rattle you.
- You’re a self-starter who can operate independently, but you’re just as effective pulling a team together.
- You naturally mentor and motivate the people around you rather than just managing tasks.
- You’re detail-oriented enough to catch a profitability or estimation issue before it becomes a bigger problem.
What You’ll Have:
- Direct influence over how work actually gets built — your routers set the standard the floor works from.
- A skilled, experienced team of machinists and CNC programmers to work alongside.
- Involvement across the full lifecycle of a job: quoting, routing, scheduling, and execution.
Requirements:
- Must be self-directed and able to deliver under pressure, meeting customer and management deadlines.
- Must be a highly motivated self-starter, comfortable operating independently and with a team.
- Must demonstrate the ability to act professionally.
- Ability to comply with physical requirements (see job description).
NOTICE: This position is subject to U.S. Government security clearance. Due to federal government contracts and national security regulations, candidates must be U.S. citizens to be eligible for security clearance.