Manufacturing and Test Engineering Supervisor

Responsibilities for this Position

Manufacturing and Test Engineering Supervisor

ID: 2026-71559
US-PA-Canonsburg
Required Clearance: Secret
Posted Date: 3/20/2026
Category: Manufacturing
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.


Basic Qualifications

Requires a Bachelors degree in Manufacturing Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

Duties and Tasks:

Possess high level of manufacturing technical skills

Lead the planning, development, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing methods, tools, processes, and operations for new and existing products

Responsible for managing people, including performance evaluations and merit recommendations

Establishes and ensures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements

Works closely with Engineering to ensure new products are seamlessly transitioned into production

Ensuring that all internal quality practices demonstrate compliance to external requirements

Responsible for areas of lean manufacturing techniques, cost reduction, on-time delivery performance, safety, visual controls, and plant performance measurements

Focus on designing arrangement of manufacturing tools, equipment, benches to ensure most efficient and productive layout

Providing guidance to product design engineering on technical specifications that will best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques

Setting goals and objectives for team members for achievement of operational results

Problems faced may be difficult but typically are not complex

Ensures policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers and stakeholders

Actively uncovers technical and organizational risks and ensures they are included in risk mitigation plans

Plans and executes small projects or task elements within larger projects, organizations, or for groups of projects

Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering tasks or small projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines

Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering tasks or small projects within area of assigned responsibility

Directs team members to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies

Drives continuous improvement throughout the group and processes

Communicates relevant department, group or project information to other related teams and departments

Leads efforts to identify schedule and resource technical risks and develop risk reduction plans

Regular customer interface

Travel may be required

Security clearance may be required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Highly proficient leadership skills

Highly proficient written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams

Highly proficient ability to think creatively

Highly proficient ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks

Highly proficient ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions

Highly proficient planning, organization, and execution skills

Highly proficient ability to implement changes and monitor effectiveness of changes related to cost and schedule of team or project

Highly proficient ability to motivate team or project personnel to develop innovative ideas for resolving business or project related issues through continuous improvement

Highly proficient use of change management and influence skills to obtain management level support for initiatives

Highly proficient ability to lead team activities to changing conditions.

Work with team or project to determine options to change and present recommendations to team or project management lead team to define team roles and responsibilities

Leads team or project members to define interfaces of roles and responsibilities

Interfaces with other teams to communicate effectiveness of team

Highly proficient analytical knowledge in budgeting, planning, problems solving and cost analysis

Highly proficient ability to prepare, direct, manage and maintain complex plans.

Highly proficient understanding of business environment and how department and projects support division/company goals

Typically, has Highly proficient experience in assigned area of expertise.

Demonstrates and uses a depth of organizational knowledge that results in superior performance in delivery of products, services or proposals to customers or collaboration across functions

Ability to align the team on tactical and strategic objectives

Ability to lead others in team building, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership and advanced risk management

Demonstrated understanding of total life cycle of product/program

Ability to effectively manage performance

Highly proficient knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning Software such as IFS or Oracle

Sound knowledge base of Design-to-Unit Production Cost (DTUPC) methodologies

Highly proficient background in Lean Methodologies to reduce overall costs in Operations

Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others

Possess strong negotiation skills and the ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization, as well as external contacts

Possess regulatory knowledge of Industry requirements for health and safety

Highly proficient knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain Management and Procurement Management

Salary Note

This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Combined Salary Range

USD $120,000.00 - USD $130,000.00 /Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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