Manufacturing Engineer - Quality Control & R&D at Ny Monda Window and Door Inc — Corona, NY

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts
• Free uniforms
• Paid time off

Do you enjoy solving the production problems that other people avoid? Are you equally comfortable troubleshooting equipment on the floor, reviewing a quality issue, and working with a testing laboratory to get a window product certified? If you are a hands-on engineer who wants to see your ideas turn into better products, less downtime, and fewer defects, this may be the right opportunity.

As our Manufacturing Engineer - Quality Control & R&D, you will own the day-to-day engineering support, quality systems, research and development, fenestration certification, and equipment-reliability work for our vinyl and aluminum window operations. You will work closely with Production, Operations, Sales, Purchasing, the shop mechanic, the QC technician, vendors, testing laboratories, and certification agencies.

Our ideal candidate is organized, self-directed, practical, data-driven, and willing to spend significant time on the production floor. You do not stop after writing a report; you follow the problem through until the solution is implemented, verified, and sustained.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES MAY INCLUDE

□ Report directly to the Director of Operations and support the company's engineering, quality, R&D, certification, and equipment-reliability priorities.

□ First 30 days: Learn our vinyl and aluminum products, manufacturing processes, machinery, tooling, quality controls, open technical issues, and current NFRC/AAMA/FGIA certification requirements.

□ First 60 days: Establish a practical working rhythm with the Mechanic and QC Technician; organize the defect/CAPA log, preventive-maintenance priorities, engineering documentation, and certification calendar.

□ By 90 days: Take ownership of the engineering and quality workflow, launch 5S and standard work on at least one production line, and implement a visible weekly scorecard for quality, downtime, scrap, and improvement actions.

□ Provide hands-on engineering and production support for process troubleshooting, machine capability, tooling, fixtures, work methods, and urgent production issues.

□ Own incoming, in-process, and final quality systems. Set inspection standards, monitor defects and returns, lead root-cause analysis, and verify corrective and preventive actions are completed and effective.

□ Manage NFRC, AAMA/FGIA, and applicable ASTM certification and compliance activities, including testing schedules, document control, audits, renewals, and engineering changes that may affect certified products.

□ Lead and support R&D for new window products, profiles, hardware, materials, assemblies, and manufacturing methods. Coordinate prototypes, pilot builds, testing, design reviews, and controlled production release.

□ Coordinate priorities and follow-through for the Mechanic and QC Technician, including equipment repair, preventive maintenance, inspections, corrective actions, engineering support, and R&D work.

□ Reduce downtime, scrap, rework, and changeover time while improving OEE, first-pass yield, safety, and production flow using practical lean, 5S, Kaizen, and data-based problem solving.

□ Create and maintain SOPs, work instructions, drawings, BOMs, routings, inspection plans, control plans, PFMEAs, maintenance records, test reports, and engineering-change documentation.

□ Support OSHA and machine-safety requirements, including guarding, lockout/tagout, ergonomics, and safe implementation of equipment or process changes.

□ By 6 months: Improve OEE by 10%, reduce scrap by 15%, reduce internal/customer quality issues by 30%, reduce unplanned downtime by 20%, and complete at least one meaningful product, tooling, equipment, or process-improvement pilot.

□ By 12 months: Have stable engineering, quality, certification, and maintenance systems in place with clear ownership, current documentation, reliable follow-up, and measurable year-over-year improvement.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE NEEDED

To be successful in this role, you will be a quick learner who is disciplined, thorough, detail-oriented, and known for strong follow-up and follow-through. You should be comfortable managing several priorities at once, working independently, and spending approximately half of your time in the production environment.

You must be able to explain technical issues clearly to operators, managers, vendors, laboratories, and suppliers; organize projects and deadlines; and move comfortably between hands-on troubleshooting, documentation, data analysis, and cross-functional coordination.

REQUIRED

□ 5+ years of manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, quality, or product-engineering experience; window/fenestration, building-products, or discrete-fabrication experience is strongly preferred.

□ Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or a related engineering field, or eq