Development Engineer

Ultra Intelligence and Communications

$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
  • 4+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficient in work instruction authoring and technical documentation
  • Strong analytical skills for failure analysis
  • Ability to obtain a US Government security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Create, review, and update detailed work instructions
  • Translate engineering specifications into clear instructions
  • Develop and maintain manufacturing flow charts and BOMs
  • Define and implement manufacturing methods and tooling
  • Support engineering development and design transitions
  • Assist in new product bids and improvements
  • Analyze manufacturing processes to identify best practices

Benefits

  • Climate controlled work environment
  • Up to 140 hours PTO for the first year
  • 8 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays
  • 401k plan with company match
  • Tuition reimbursement through educational assistance
  • Wellness program with incentives
  • Company contributions to HSA
  • Insurance benefits starting the month after hire
  • Eligibility for company performance-based bonuses
  • Monthly student loan repayment program
Full Job Description

Nationality Requirements

Due to the nature of the programs we support, certain roles may require candidates to meet U.S. nationality requirements and be eligible to obtain a security clearance.

Position Summary

The Development Engineer supports the design, validation, and continuous improvement of products and manufacturing processes, with a strong focus on creating, maintaining, and improving work instructions. This role ensures that work instructions are clear, accurate, standardized, and aligned with engineering requirements, quality standards, and production needs. The Development Engineer collaborates closely with design engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to translate technical requirements into effective, user-friendly documentation that enables safe, efficient, and repeatable execution on the production floor.

Job Description

Essential Duties:

    • Create, review, and update detailed work instructions to support new product introductions, process changes, and continuous improvement initiatives

    • Translate engineering designs, specifications, and process requirements into clear, step-by-step instructions

    • Develop and maintain manufacturing flow charts, manufacturing BOM's, routings and MRP related activities.

    • Define and implement manufacturing methods, tooling and equipment, and Lean Manufacturing

    • Production support for Engineering development, design for manufacturing, and transition to manufacturing.

    • Assisting in bids, improving and developing new products.

    • Employ strong analytical skills; especially driving to root cause when completing failure analysis, determining best practice methodologies for manufacturing, and determining key process failure modes

Required Skills:

    • Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent studies and 4+ years of experience

    • Work instruction authoring and technical documentation

    • Process development and manufacturing support

    • Must have strong computer skills and be especially proficient in MS Office

    • Ability to obtain a US Government security clearance. Security clearances are granted to U.S. citizens.

Desired Skills:

    • Strong skills in design analysis and design for manufacturing

    • Must be a team player with good communication skills

    • Proficient at dimensional and tolerance analysis from part level through system level

    • Must be willing to travel to various test sites and supplier locations.

    • Experience with electronic components, printed circuit boards and circuit card assemblies

    • Significant experience and familiarity with manufacturing best practices (lean concepts, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, constraint analysis, etc.) and their application

    • Working knowledge and experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC) and data-driven analytics

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What Ultra Maritime Offers You

At Ultra Maritime, we invest in our employees and their well-being:

  • Climate controlled, well-lit and clean work environment!

  • Work/life balance that includes up to 140 hours PTO for first year

  • 8 Paid Holidays, with 3 floating holidays

  • 401k Plan with Company Match

  • Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement)

  • Wellness Program and incentives

  • Company HSA contributions

  • Insurance Benefits that start 1st of the month following hire

  • Eligibility in Company Performance-based bonuses annually

  • Additional Employee Discounts and Perks

Company-Paid Benefits:

  • $75 monthly student loan repayment program

  • Basic Life Insurance

  • Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

  • Short Term Disability

  • Long Term Disability

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Voluntary Employee-Paid Benefits:

  • Medical and Prescription insurance

  • Dental insurance

  • Vision insurance

  • Supplemental Life Insurance Plans

  • Supplemental AD&D insurance for Employee and Family

  • Accident Plan

  • Critical Illness Plan

  • Hospital Indemnity Plan

  • Pet Insurance

  • Identity Theft

Reasonable accommodation statement: if you need an accommodation for any part of the application process, please email [email protected]

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