Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You
At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.
Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation.
When you join us, you'll find:
Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.
Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.
Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.
What You Will Contribute:
We're seeking a Senior Plastics Manufacturing Engineer to serve as a technical leader in developing, validating, and optimizing manufacturing processes. This role plays a key role in leading and advancing structured engineering systems, improving process performance, and ensuring consistent, scalable results across operations.
You'll lead complex process development initiatives, drive high-impact projects, and help define best practices in process validation, control, and continuous improvement-while mentoring engineers and supporting production performance.
This role operates within a structured engineering system focused on formal process validation, defined control limits, and data-driven execution to deliver consistent, repeatable performance. It is heavily focused on injection molding and requires the ability to develop, validate, and stabilize processes in a dynamic production environment.
What You'll Do
Engineering Systems & Process Standardization
Define, implement, and continuously improve structured engineering systems for process development, validation, and control
Establish standard methodologies for process window development, documentation, and data-driven decision making
Ensure consistent application of engineering practices across programs and teams
Process Development & Validation
Lead complex process development, mold validation, and troubleshooting activities
Develop robust, data-driven process windows that ensure repeatability and stability
Align validation outcomes with production-ready process definitions
Lead structured validation activities to define process windows and ensure processes are capable across expected operating ranges
Apply scientific molding principles to establish and validate process windows
Process Stability & Problem Solving
Provide technical leadership in resolving complex molding issues, including process instability, variation, and production disruptions
Apply structured, data-driven root cause analysis to improve quality, yield, and efficiency
Ensure processes operate within validated process windows and defined control limits to maintain stability, repeatability, and consistency across production.
Work within defined process control frameworks rather than relying on trial-and-error adjustments, using structured methods to diagnose and correct process variation
Project Leadership & Continuous Improvement
Lead cross-functional engineering projects (e.g., scrap reduction, cycle time improvements, capability expansion)
Support capital equipment decisions, tooling strategy, and manufacturing investments
Drive continuous improvement efforts and ensure solutions are sustained and standardized
Provide technical input during quoting and new program planning to define process capability, approach, and risk
Mentorship & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Mentor and develop engineers, reinforcing strong engineering discipline and execution
Partner with Production, Tooling, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure process capability and alignment
Provide hands-on technical support during critical launches, trials, and production disruptions, stepping in to stabilize processes and restore performance when needed
What You Bring
7+ years of manufacturing or process engineering experience
Strong expertise in process development, validation, and troubleshooting
Proven ability to lead projects and influence cross-functional teams
Analytical, data-driven mindset with a passion for continuous improvement
Experience mentoring or developing technical talent
Preferred: Experience in plastics or injection molding is strongly preferred. However, candidates with related manufacturing backgrounds-such as machining, castings, or other complex process environments-are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:
Competitive Pay
Annual Bonus
Eligible for Annual Pay Increases
Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!
Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more
Educational Assistance - Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250
Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage
Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the "EEO is the Law" poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm
Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
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