Manufacturing Engineer

POSITION IDENTIFICATION

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

Business Unit: iManufacture

Reports to: Quality & Engineering Manager

Location: Yorba Linda

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Impact Housing (IH) is a vertically integrated modular design-builder and developer headquartered in Southern California. 

Our mission is to continuously evolve the world’s most sophisticated and efficient housing delivery system. We pursue this mission by reimagining every element of how multifamily projects are designed, manufactured, and built—driving down costs, shortening schedules, and expanding access to high-quality housing for the people who need it most, whether through LIHTC or unsubsidized projects.

To date this decade, the IH team has built or is actively developing close to 1,500 modular units demonstrating a scalable, repeatable path to affordability. With the capability to produce approximately 1,000 units per year today, IH is expanding to meet growing demand in San Diego, Los Angeles, and beyond.

We are now entering the next stage of our growth and strengthening every team across the company to achieve our next set of goals. We plan to manufacture and build more than 10,000 units through 2030. To accomplish this, we are implementing the Lean Standard Model company-wide; deploying AI at every level of the company; and positioning IH as a national thought leader in modular development.

The foundation for our success is firmly in place. Join us as we scale our operations, transition into a higher-capacity manufacturing facility powered by smart automation and robotics, expand our production capacity by more than 3x in the Western U.S., and prepare for future national growth.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for a talented Manufacturing Engineer to oversee and improve manufacturing processes. The Manufacturing Engineer's responsibilities include identifying areas for improvement and maintaining high levels of manufacturing efficiency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluating and developing manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; conferring with equipment vendors as required.
• Provide manufacturing decision-making information by performing time studies, calculating production, labor, and material costs, estimating future requirements.
• Work with peers to design and plan workflows, material flow, and space requirements for the best efficiency.
• Work with peers to design and manipulate factory layouts in CAD to improve manufacturing workflow efficiency.
• Identify production constraints and throughput issues using root cause analysis and establish/implement proper corrective action plans.
• Develop and revise Standard Work Instruction to reflect process and/or element changes.
• Identify Non-value-added and unbalanced activities and develop processes that eliminate or reduce as much as possible.
• Reviews and approves manufacturing and assembly instructions for adequate point of inspection operations; determines appropriate documentation for inspection points. Assists with the development of finished product and component receiving inspection procedures and requirements.
• Supervises and/or conducts quality control reviews at established inspection points. Verifies and maintains quality control records. Recruits, trains, and supports quality personnel to assure effective and competent performance of the quality function.
• Participates in the review of all design, manufacturing, purchasing, and test documentation to assure conformance to quality control standards. This can include a review of drawings, specification sheets, production procedures, testing and inspection standards, vendor inspections, and customer contract specifications. Reviews and oversees the implementation of engineering change notices and related document change control. Makes recommendations regarding facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and systems to carry out quality control functions.
• Supervises tagging and quarantine procedures for rejection of in-process, finished product, and component receiving inspection areas. Authorizes rework, scrap, or return to vendor decisions; consults and reviews with upper management, as necessary.
• Prepares and reviews complaint (quality) trends. Reports serious or repeated failures or unreliability in the quality of products. Recommends corrective actions or plans/programs for overall defect reductions in products.
• Performs other quality control functions as necessary or as requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills & Abilities

• Strong Analytical Skills
• Excellent Problem-Solving Skills
• Ability to take initiative.
• Ability to work with a team or independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
• At least (3) three years of experience as a manufacturing engineer required or CO-OP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• LEAN Six Sigma certification is preferred with experience implementing LEAN principles in manufacturing environment(s)
• Impact Housing  

Physical Requirements:  

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

COMPENSATION

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Health benefits, Medical, Dental, FSA, and HSA
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Holiday pay
• Ownership of company equity
• 40K Retirement Plan

NOTE

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Impact Housing is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, complies with ADA regulations and does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, medical condition, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.