{"id":2858496,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer","title":"Sr Manufacturing Engineer","company":{"id":3854309,"name":"HSM Careers","domain":"hsmcareers.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/hsm-careers","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"UltiPro","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":35,"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["High Point, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":76000,"max_usd":143000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":5966},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-19T11:53:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-24T16:52:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"About Us\nHSM Company History | HSM HEART Company Values | Who is HSM to our customers?\nFounded in 1944, HSM is a third generation, privately held company with a rich history of innovation and a commitment to our people. With 25 locations across the U.S. and corporate headquarters in Hickory, NC and Huntersville, NC, we specialize in manufacturing components for furniture, bedding, transportation, packaging, automotive, and healthcare industries. Our expertise also includes designing and building automated production machinery. HSM products from sofa springs to swimming pool noodles and bus seats, touch everyday life in countless ways.\nAt HSM, our success is built on our people. We foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, and shared success. If you’re looking for a meaningful place to grow and make an impact, we want to hear from you!\nWhat You Will Do\nPartner with plant leaders to prioritize engineering initiatives based on safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and workforce needs.\nAnalyze production performance, including OEE, cycle time, throughput, scrap, downtime, and labor utilization, to identify constraints and deliver measurable improvements.\nLead process design, optimization, and standardization for new, existing, and transferred products across a variety of materials and manufacturing technologies.\nApply lean manufacturing, value stream analysis, line balancing, mistake proofing, and structured root cause analysis to improve flow, reduce variation, and prevent recurring issues.\nDevelop and validate process flows, standard work, setup parameters, changeover methods, capacity models, and production controls with the teams who use them.\nLead equipment, automation, and capital projects from requirements and business case development through supplier selection, installation, validation, and sustained production.\nEstablish equipment acceptance criteria and coordinate testing to verify safety, quality, production rate, reliability, maintainability, and integration.\nCoordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, IT/Controls, suppliers, and integrators to manage project scope, schedule, cost, and technical risks.\nSupport product launches and production transfers by assessing manufacturability, equipment capability, process risk, and production readiness.\nPartner with Quality and program teams on APQP, PFMEA, control plans, capability studies, MSA, SPC, PPAP, and applicable customer and quality-system requirements.\nIncorporate machine safety, guarding, ergonomics, and efficient material flow into equipment, tooling, workstation, and layout improvements.\nCoach plant engineers, supervisors, maintenance teams, and operators; coordinate training and complete documented handoffs for new or modified equipment and processes.\nSupport audits and corrective actions, verify improvements remain effective, and share proven practices across TSM facilities.\nWhat You Bring\nBachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.\nAt least 10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including ownership of significant process, equipment, automation, or capital projects from definition through sustained production.\nDemonstrated improvements in safety, quality, throughput, process capability, labor efficiency, or cost in a production environment.\nAdvanced working knowledge of lean manufacturing, standard work, line balancing, mistake proofing, and structured problem solving.\nAbility to interpret manufacturing performance data and develop practical equipment specifications, capacity models, work instructions, and process controls.\nKnowledge of APQP, PFMEA, control plans, MSA, SPC, capability analysis, PPAP, and launch or transfer readiness appropriate to customer requirements.\nApplied experience with ISO 9001 and the ability to translate quality-system requirements into effective process controls, documentation, and validation evidence.\nWorking understanding of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, robotics, PLC, HMI, and CNC systems sufficient to assess issues and collaborate with technical specialists.\nStrong project leadership and business judgment, including capital justification, return-on-investment analysis, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.\nClear communication skills and the ability to coach and influence plant teams while building shared ownership of improvements.\nProficiency with engineering and business tools used for data analysis, project tracking, technical documentation, and presentations.\nAbility to travel occasionally between regional manufacturing facilities, typically less than 20% of the time.\nPreferred Experience\nAdvanced degree in a related engineering field.\nAutomotive manufacturing experience, including customer requirements, production launches, and structured quality systems.\nExperience supporting IATF 16949 and VDA requirements in an automotive supply-chain environment.\nExperience across multiple manufacturing processes, products, or facilities.\nBackground in metal fabrication or forming, tube and wire products, seating or furniture mechanisms, foam, converting, assembly, or related discrete manufacturing.\nExperience applying statistical methods to process performance.\nFormal auditor training or lead-auditor experience.\nWhy Join Us?\nHealth & Wellness: Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, including an innovative global healthcare option for qualified participants.\n Retire: 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one.\nPaid Time Off: Competitive PTO: 3 Weeks of Vacation + 9 company paid holidays.\nOn-Site Medical Clinics: Free for you and covered dependents.\nTeladoc: 24/7 access with no copay.\nProfessional Development: Tuition reimbursement, professional development assistance and career growth opportunities.\nDiscounts: Enjoy discounts with HSM partners, including Dollywood Parks & Resort, Verizon Wireless, and more.\nEEOC\nAt HSM, we believe that our diversity creates a productive workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectionate or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6356,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities","Professional development","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-19T15:38:20Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T19:19:19Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":28303,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3854309},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3854309"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhsm-careers-sr-manufacturing-engineer"}]}