# Manufacturing Engineer (Engineer / Senior / Staff) at Deterrence Defense, Inc.

Manufacturing Engineer (Engineer / Senior / Staff) at Deterrence Defense, Inc. in Fremont, CA. Posted October 12, 2026.

- Company: Deterrence Defense, Inc.
- Location: Fremont, CA
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/deterrencedefenseinc/jobs/4436409009
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/manufacturing-engineer-engineer-senior-staff-deterrence-defense-inc-0mh7df

## Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, or related engineering field.
- Engineer: 2+ years · Senior: 5+ years · Staff: 7+ years in manufacturing or process engineering in high-volume or high-precision production.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex electromechanical equipment.
- Experience with equipment commissioning, validation, and acceptance.
- Working knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, and automation debugging.
- Ability to travel to supplier and production sites as required.

## Description

**Manufacturing EngineerSummary
**The Manufacturing Engineer develops, deploys, and scales production processes and the equipment that runs them. This role owns assigned processes end to end — requirements, equipment specification, validation, commissioning, and ramp — and ensures they run safely, reliably, and at rate. The ideal candidate has personally brought a production process from development to stable output and is comfortable solving electromechanical and process problems on the floor. We are hiring multiple engineers across levels; scope and independence scale with level.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Own development, installation, and ramp of manufacturing processes and automated equipment. 

- Develop process flows, cycle-time models, line balancing, and station-level specifications; define performance metrics. 

- Lead PFMEA, control plans, and process validation; establish SPC and capability (Cp/Cpk) on critical characteristics. 

- Write equipment specifications; work with suppliers and internal design teams through design reviews and acceptance. 

- Lead FAT/SAT, commissioning, and equipment acceptance. 

- Conduct root-cause analysis across mechanical, electrical, controls, and process domains; close to permanent corrective action. 

- Develop work instructions, operating procedures, maintenance plans, and critical spares lists. 

- Improve throughput, yield, and reliability through data-driven experimentation and continuous improvement.

- Ensure processes and equipment meet ergonomic, safety, and regulatory requirements.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, or related engineering field. 

- Engineer: 2+ years · Senior: 5+ years · Staff: 7+ years in manufacturing or process engineering in high-volume or high-precision production. 

- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex electromechanical equipment. 

- Experience with equipment commissioning, validation, and acceptance. 

- Working knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, and automation debugging.

- Ability to travel to supplier and production sites as required. 

**Level Expectations
**Staff additionally owns the process architecture for a program, leads supplier and design reviews, and mentors engineers.

**Preferred Skills**

- DOE, SPC, Gage R&R, OEE tracking, and yield analysis. 

- Structured RCA: 8D, A3, DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Whys. 

- Forging, CNC machining, heat treatment, welding, filling and pressing, or mechanical assembly processes. 

- Hazardous-materials or energetics process experience.

- Supplier qualification and vendor management.