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Its flagship munition, Anthem, combines heavy payload and long range at a fraction of the cost of comparable legacy systems, with production volumes designed to meet the demands of prolonged conflict. Designed as an end-to-end weapon system that is simple to store, transport, and field, Anthem is produced in the United States, Germany, and Israel. For more information, visit covenant.com\nTHE ROLE\nWe are seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineer to build and optimize the digital infrastructure that supports our manufacturing operations. You will sit at the intersection of Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, and Software, ensuring our MES, ERP, MRP, and connected systems accurately reflect and enable production.\nThis is a hands-on role focused on turning manufacturing processes into reliable system workflows, actionable data, and scalable automation. You will help build the systems and reporting infrastructure needed to support production ramp, improve visibility, and enable high-rate manufacturing of advanced defense systems.\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\nSupport the deployment, configuration, and optimization of MES, ERP, and MRP systems across manufacturing operations.\nTranslate manufacturing processes and requirements into system workflows, logic, configurations, and data structures.\nLead system enhancements, upgrades, integrations, and new module deployments.\nBuild and maintain dashboards and reporting tools supporting Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and leadership.\nAnalyze manufacturing data to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, quality trends, and opportunities for improvement.\nEstablish end-to-end data traceability across manufacturing, inventory, quality, and planning systems.\nDevelop and maintain KPIs for throughput, yield, WIP, schedule adherence, inventory, and material availability.\nPartner with Manufacturing, Quality, 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