Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Lovejoy Curtis LLC • Traverse City, MI • 1d ago

Your career begins at Cone Drive Operations, a Timken company! Cone Drive is located in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan and boasts over 100 years of success in the gearing industry. If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Cone Drive. Our associates make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

The Timken Company sells some of the world's most sophisticated magnetic field encoders, which are part of the Cone Drive product family. This role sits within the Timken Encoders manufacturing engineering group and is responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes, tooling, and test methods for encoder products that combine mechanical assemblies, PCBs, chips, magnets, and magnetization steps.

The Manufacturing Engineer leads process development, production readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives to deliver safe, high-quality, cost-effective production. This role will partner closely with R&D, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to support product creation and launch activities. This role requires a strong commitment to safety, continuous improvement, and effective project management.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with the design team to develop and optimize mechanical designs for manufacturability

Lead process development, qualification, and transfer from proto@type to production the encoder products.

Specify and optimize assembly processes

Design and implement production test strategies

Design, specify and fabricate (internally or externally) workholding fixtures and tooling

Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, including assembly instructions, process specifications, and bills of materials (BOM)

Support new product introductions by ensuring manufacturing readiness

Designs and fabricates proto@type and production fixtures and tooling

Oversees pre-production and proto@type activity in-house and with partner plants; reviews and analyzes product performance data

Partners with supply chain function to identify and develop component suppliers; validates supplier capabilities and ensures compliance with product and performance specifications

Identify and implement process improvements to enhance product quality and efficiency

Collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure quality and cost-effective production

Provide technical support to resolve manufacturing issues and improve production processes

Investigates and leads projects to improve safety, quality and productivity

Other responsibilities would include, but would not be limited to, participating in Product Quality Planning activities and Six Sigma activities, and supporting other business priorities as directed by internal customers

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field

3 to 5 years' manufacturing engineering experience with an emphasis in tool & fixture design

Good knowledge of product design and manufacturing processes

Proficient with basic computer skills, MS Office tools, Electronics, CAD

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent time management skills

Creative problem-solving skills

Hands on mechanical assembly experience

Preferred - Experience working with PCB assembly processes, magnetic encoders, electronics packaging

Preferred - Experience with servo systems feedback, electric motors, automation & robotics

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data ("CTD") and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.

We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

Over a century of knowledge and innovation

A culture of top performance

A global, diverse environment

Products that contribute to a sustainable world

A conviction to improve communities around us

Competitive salary and benefits

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