Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Excelitas Technologies · Boulder, CO
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $120k–$155k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior manufacturing role at Excelitas Technologies (industrial) in Boulder, CO.
- They ask for
- 15+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Green Belt, Value stream mapping, OEE
- Base pay
- $120k–$155k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Colorado: typical posted base $103k–$144k. This one lists $120k–$155k.
Median of the low and high ends of 28 live postings that list pay, out of 43 manufacturing engineer openings in Colorado, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Colorado plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 42 other live manufacturing postings in Colorado.
- Base pay
- About 14% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$143k, from 26 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 49%
- Tooling 44%
- ✓ Root cause 40%
- ✓ Six Sigma 35%
- Automation 33%
- New product launch 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Green Belt, Value stream mapping, OEE, DMAIC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- 1
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- 2
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- 3
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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- 5
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One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from Excelitas TechnologiesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Use of continual improvement and data analysis tools to identify issues in manufacturing processes impacting Quality and working to resolve them with the Process Engineering and Operations teams.
- ◆Work closely with Operations to identify process inefficiencies, bottlenecks, training needs, and continual improvement initiatives.
- ◆Lead Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) for items transitioning from New Product teams to production in a comprehensive manner to ensure smooth transition into manufacturing. This includes conducting training requirements, space requirements, capacity analysis and quality analysis.
- ◆Conducting root cause analyses on nonconforming materials and reporting findings to Management and, as applicable, to customers.
- ◆Working with Process Engineers in cross functional team environments, analyzing and understanding defects and working to optimize processes.
- ◆Lead Continuous Improvement (CI) projects that are derived from data analysis, scope includes proposing new projects, chartering, developing schedules, leading teams and regular updates to CI steering committee.
- ◆Optimization of stable processes by conducting yield improvement analysis and efforts.
- ◆Lead/Participate in regular Material Review Board (MRB) meetings to ensure non-compliances are being addressed in a timely manner and systemic issues are resolved.
- ◆The candidate will be excellent in collaborating in multi-level, cross-functional teams and provide daily support of the manufacturing operation.
- ◆Ensure Manufacturing plans are reviewed and updated on a regular basis. This includes conducting periodic review of Standard Routings, Yields, Standard Bill of Materials and Work instructions.
- ◆Work with finance to understand and resolve production variances in manufacturing on a weekly basis.
- ◆Other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics. Master’s Degree preferred.
- ✓10-15 years’ experience in manufacturing engineering or a similar role
- ✓Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt or demonstrated use and knowledge of Lean Six-Sigma methodologies and tools preferred.
- ✓Experience in using statistics and statistical process control (SPC) to make data-driven decisions while driving improvements.
- ✓Demonstrated use of Lean/Six-Sigma and root cause analysis tools such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, 5-Why, fault tree diagram, value-stream maps, and time study/capacity analysis.
- ✓Experience in low volume, high product mixture manufacturing. Precision optics manufacturing preferred.
- ✓Ability to present project status to stakeholders/champions and customers.
- ✓Working Knowledge of OEE and Theory of Constraints preferred
- ✓Cross-functional team leadership including managing multi-line projects with expected completion goals, milestones, and dates.
Benefits start day 1: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Holiday Pay, PAID Maternity/Paternity leave, Tuition Reimbursement, Long-term and Short-term disability.
Pay Range: $120,000 - $155,000 per year, depending on experience.
Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.
ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Location
Boulder, CO, US, 80301
Job Function
Operations - Engineering
Job Country
United States
Job City
Boulder
Job Type
Regular Full Time
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Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.
ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.
We are currently seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will engage and drive solutions of cross-functional quality, cycle time, and process issues.
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