Principal Engineer, Manufacturing Processes. Global
Baltimore Aircoil Company · Jessup, MD
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $108k–$185k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior process role at Baltimore Aircoil Company (industrial) in Jessup, MD. DFMA, industrial engineering, Lean process design, PFMEA, routings, manufacturing time, fixtures, process validation, and process governance.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, FMEA, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Automation, Tooling, MES
- Base pay
- $108k–$185k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Maryland: typical posted base $99k–$123k. This one lists $108k–$185k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 12 process engineer openings in Maryland, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Maryland plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 11 other live process postings in Maryland.
- Base pay
- About 32% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $99k–$123k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 67%
- ✓ Automation 42%
- ✓ Lean 33%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 33%
- Team leadership 25%
- Cost reduction 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for MES, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Baltimore Aircoil Company in Jessup
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Full description from Baltimore Aircoil CompanyAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
represented in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), routings, work centers, and master data.
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Technical Leadership and Coaching
Serve as company expert and advise stakeholders at all levels.
Coach AMEs, regional engineers, and subject matter experts.
Present complex topics to technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.
Manufacturing Process Centers of Excellence
Lead through influence all manufacturing-process Centers of Excellence (COEs) composed of subject matter experts in BAC core competency processes across regions and factories.
Establish each COE charter, technical agenda, priorities, governance cadence, decision and escalation pathways, and expected deliverables.
Use the COE network to develop, maintain, and improve manufacturing-process standards, methods, specifications, technical guidance, and global best practices.
Mobilize regional and factory subject matter experts to resolve complex process issues, compare methods, share learning, and strengthen global process capability.
Develop technical depth and succession within core competency processes through peer coaching, benchmarking, and shared technical work.
Expansion Technical Content
Define process standards, design criteria, specifications, technical acceptance, and readiness evidence for the Manufacturing Processes expansion playbook.
Provide technical review of layouts, process-risk methods, and readiness packages.
Nature and Scope
The Principal Engineer is BAC senior technical expert for global manufacturing-process methods and standards. The role works across functions, product platforms, regions, and plants, initiates technical projects within broad objectives, and advises technical and business stakeholders on complex process decisions. The role exercises matrix leadership of manufacturing-process Centers of Excellence through influence, facilitation, technical governance, and shared accountability for enterprise deliverables.
Knowledge & Skills
Education & Experience
Bachelor degree in Engineering required; advanced degree or professional designation preferred.
10+ years in manufacturing engineering and process definition for new products.
Experience in high-variation, low-volume manufacturing and influential technical leadership.
Technical Expertise
DFMA, industrial engineering, Lean process design, PFMEA, routings, manufacturing time, fixtures, process validation, and process governance.
Ability to address unique issues using advanced and unconventional methods and establish internal technical standards.
Communication & Leadership
Executive-level technical communication, company-wide influence, technical coaching, and relevant external technical engagement.
Working Conditions
Office and manufacturing environments.
Standing and walking up to 50 percent; occasional lifting up to 30 pounds.
Domestic and international travel up to 20 percent.
BAC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401k, employee stock ownership plan, and more. Please see additional details on the BAC website at www.Baltimoreaircoil.com.
BAC Employees are eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive program.
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Position Purpose
The Principal Engineer is the senior technical expert for global manufacturing-process methods and standards. The role establishes and maintains the methodologies that govern Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), the Global Bill of Process (GBOP), Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), manufacturing-time definition, New Product Introduction (NPI) prototypes and pilots, global assembly standards, and process libraries.
The Principal Engineer operates with broad objectives, initiates technical work, resolves unique and complex issues, and advises stakeholders throughout BAC.
Principal Accountabilities
DFMA and NPI Methods
Establish technical methods that translate DFMA direction into product specifications and NPI deliverables.
Define robust global methods for process definition, prototypes, pilots, validation, and readiness.
Global Process Standards
Own technical content and methodology for global process standards, GBOP, PFMEA, global assembly standards, manufacturing-time methods, and process libraries.
Establish internal standards and guide correct engineering methodologies.
Develop unconventional approaches for unique process challenges.
Systems and Technology Integration
Define process