MSI - Manufacturing Engineer

MSI Transducers · Littleton, MA

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Level: Engineer
Team: Manufacturing
Experience asked: 5+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level manufacturing role at MSI Transducers (industrial) in Littleton, MA.

They ask for: 5+ years
Tools it names: Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, Tooling, SolidWorks

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $100k–$145k.

Median of the low and high ends of 34 live postings that list pay, out of 62 manufacturing engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 61 other live manufacturing postings in Massachusetts.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Typical (5+ years)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Tooling 55%
✓ Lean 53%
Automation 45%
✓ Root cause 42%
New product launch 39%
✓ Six Sigma 32%

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Education/experience

✓5 years of experience with Manufacturing Engineering and Process Development in a Manufacturing environment. Must have a BS in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
✓Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Experience with SolidWorks or a similar solid modeling software. Experience with ERP systems used in the manufacturing industry is a plus.

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MSI Transducers manufactures low volume, highly complex electro-mechanical sonar assemblies for defense and commercial applications. At MSI, employees excel by contributing to multiple areas of the business, and candidates are expected to contribute significantly to various functions. The Manufacturing Engineer will develop, integrate, or improve manufacturing methods or processes in support of our acoustic products. They will transition new products from Engineering prototypes to Production products. They will utilize data driven analysis to determine root causes and resolve design, material, or process issues to improve quality, improve yields, and reduce costs. They will review product designs and assess them for manufacturability, cost, and completeness.

Job functions

•Provide manufacturing engineering support for new acoustic transducer products including new process development and production scale up.
•Evaluate and improve existing manufacturing processes and/or develop new manufacturing processes.
•Create work instructions and aides to document manufacturing processes and train manufacturing personnel to effectively implement those processes.
•Lead productive equipment design sessions, specify, design and/or procure special tooling or equipment required to manufacture products.
•Facilitate impactful root cause analysis events with cross-functional teams to solve manufacturing and technical issues as they arise.
•Analyze manufacturing process flows to enhance quality, reduce cost, and increase throughput.
•Implement Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.
•Contribute towards maintaining and supporting ISO standards.

Skills

•Proven capability to transition products from development into production.
•Expertise in adhesives, surface preparation, and bonding and joining.
•Expertise in fixture design.
•Knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques applied towards process improvement.
•Excellent communication skills including proficiency at presenting information in a meaningful way to a non-technical audience.
•Possess a self-motivated and resourceful attitude, taking ownership of one's work.
•Exceptional decision making skills with an ability to execute and attain goals and to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
•Excellent attention to detail.
•Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in groups.
•Strong business ethics.
•Program Management or Project Management experience is a plus.