Manufacturing Lead Engineer - Additive

Eaton’s AER HQ Headquarters division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Lead Engineer - Additive. The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year.   Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.    *This role requires working on-site M-F at our N.Charleston, SC Facility. Relocation is not available for this role.   What you’ll do: 
 Additive Manufacturing (AM) is transforming the aerospace industry, enabling innovative designs, improved performance, reduced lead times, and new opportunities for growth. Eaton Aerospace has been at the forefront of adopting and industrializing metal additive manufacturing technologies, delivering flight-critical hardware and driving significant expansion across our aerospace portfolio. As our additive manufacturing business continues to grow, we are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Digital Design and Additive Manufacturing Center in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in advancing aerospace manufacturing technologies while working on cutting-edge metal additive manufacturing programs for flight hardware applications. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader in manufacturing quality and inspection development, partnering closely with customers, design engineers, quality professionals, and additive manufacturing process specialists to establish robust inspection methods and manufacturing controls for complex aerospace components. You will help define and validate inspection strategies, develop standards and best practices, and ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet demanding customer and regulatory requirements. Job Responsibilities: 
 Review engineering drawings, specifications, and product requirements with strong application of GD&T, datuming, and inspection planning. Develop robust manufacturing, inspection, fixturing, gaging, heat treatment, surface finishing, and deburring strategies. Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Inspection (DFI) initiatives with engineering teams, customers, and suppliers. Create and maintain APQP deliverables including Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs, Control Plans, FAIRs, MSAs, and capability studies. Design and implement manufacturing procedures, work instructions, inspection methods, and process controls. Develop and validate new manufacturing, inspection, and post-processing methods for additive manufacturing applications. Apply broad inspection methodologies including manual metrology, gauges, CMM, 3D scanning, and other conventional measurement techniques. Utilize 3D CAD modeling to develop manufacturing aids, fixtures, gauges, and tooling solutions. Lead MRB activities and provide technical disposition support for nonconforming product. Conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions for internal, customer, and supplier quality issues. Partner with suppliers and Supplier Quality teams to improve process capability, quality performance, and compliance. Lead internal audits and support customer, regulatory, and certification audits, including AS9100 requirements. Analyze manufacturing and quality data using statistical tools to monitor process capability and drive continuous improvement. Lead initiatives focused on yield improvement, dimensional conformance, inspection efficiency, cost reduction, and process robustness. Support MES and digital manufacturing initiatives to improve process control and production visibility. Serve as a hands-on technical resource for additive manufacturing equipment, inspection systems, and post-processing operations. Spend significant time on the manufacturing floor identifying opportunities, troubleshooting issues, and improving processes. Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, research organizations,