Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Industrial Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Orlando, FL 32826
Pay Rate: $45.00-60.00/hour
Shift: 1st
Employment Type: Full Time, W2/Direct or W2/Contract

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Job Summary:
This role focuses on operational excellence, applying lean manufacturing principles, and driving continuous improvement within high precision, mission critical manufacturing environments.
The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering foundation, hands on manufacturing experience, and the ability to collaborate across operations, quality, supply chain, and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities
*Drive operational excellence through the design, analysis, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
*Analyze current manufacturing workflows to identify inefficiencies, reduce waste, and improve productivity.
*Develop and implement lean manufacturing practices, including: 6S, Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work
*Design and improve process flow, plant layouts, and material movement to maximize throughput and minimize bottlenecks.
*Conduct time studies, line balancing, and capacity analysis to support production planning and execution.
*Support assembly, integration, and test (AIT) and production workflows for complex optical and photonic hardware.
*Participate in Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs), qualification testing, anomaly resolution, and root cause analysis.
*Collaborate closely with operations, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure manufacturing readiness.
*Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, process flows, and standard work.
*Utilize data analytics and KPIs to monitor performance and drive data based decision making.
*Ensure compliance with quality, reliability, and mission assurance standards for national security and space programs.

Required Qualifications
*Bachelor"s degree in Industrial Engineering
*5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or hybrid ME/QE roles
*Aerospace, defense, or other regulated manufacturing experience
*Demonstrated ability to apply process optimization, yield improvement, and quality control methodologies in precision manufacturing environments.
*Hands on experience supporting production, AIT, and complex hardware manufacturing.
*Knowledge of optical fabrication, alignment, metrology, or cleanroom manufacturing processes.
*Ability to improve production processes, tooling, resource utilization, and material flow to meet cost, schedule, and quality goals.
*Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
*U.S. Citizenship required due to the nature of the work

Preferred Qualifications
*Experience supporting NASA, DoD, Space Force, Intelligence Community, or national laboratory programs.
*Familiarity with spaceflight hardware, radiation tolerant systems, or classified manufacturing environments.
*Experience working within ISO, AS9100, or similar aerospace quality standards.
*Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
*Experience in high precision or low rate, high complexity manufacturing environments.

Belcan provides a competitive pay and benefits package. Benefits offered MAY include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and paid leave required by law. Salary guidelines for similar roles at Belcan are $45.00-60.00 per hour. Guidelines vary based on many factors including but not limited to education, qualifications, experience, discipline, geographic location, market, and business considerations.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.