Jr. Manufacturing Engineer (Tooling)

Job Description

Job Description

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

We are seeking a dedicated Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. The primary mission will be to support the PPV (Production Process Validation) activities for the Final Assembly Line by executing recovery work on a high volume of tooling assets. This role is focused on tool traceability, quality documentation validation, and ensuring proper acceptance records (AAR) are in place.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify qualification status of tooling equipment.
• Verify presence of tools in J&T database and determine if tools were Goods Received (GR'd).
• Determine purchasing method and supplier for each tool.

• Locate tools and confirm J&T tags and quality stamps.
• Tag tools as "N/A" if not found and initiate the appropriate lost tool notifications.
• Trigger Scrap Change Requests (CR) for untraceable tools via Manufacturing Engineering

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in manufacturing engineering or tooling environments, preferably within aerospace or industrial sectors.
• Strong skills in documentation control, supplier communication, and tool tracking.
• Familiarity with databases like J&T or equivalent quality record systems.
• Able to operate independently on a shopfloor, identify missing tools, and follow investigation protocols.
• Familiarity with PPV validation processes.
• Understanding of Acceptance Approval Report (AAR) and traceability requirements.

Salary Range: $60k-$67k

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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