Manufacturing Automation Engineer - IGT

About the job

Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Automation Engineer position located in Hampton, VA will provide technical expertise for manufacturing processes on site including CNC, EDM, Waterjet, Production Gauging and all Automated operations.  Develop automated manufacturing processes to provide manufacturing expertise for the engineering team. Qualify new product on manufacturing equipment, internally and with the customer and provide support for manufacturing to improve existing processes.

Salary:

Anticipated Pay Range: $70K-80K per year.  Pay rates within this range are determined based on various factors including experience, education, certifications, etc.*

Essential Job Responsibilities but not limited to:

**- Create, verify and release machining programs for programable manufacturing equipment including CNC, EDM & Waterjet

• Create, verify and release robot programs for automated cells in Wax, Monoshell and Post cast

• Design and deliver tooling and fixtures for manufacturing processes

• Development and implementation of new advanced manufacturing equipment and automation

• Support justification of capital funding requests

• Cost reduction and process improvement of current manufacturing techniques

• Creating and maintaining all documentation including SOPs, EMSs, JSAs for CNC, EDM, Waterjet, Production gauging and other Automated operations

• Support NADCAP compliance on NADCAP controlled manufacturing equipment

• Mentor other team members in CAD, CAM, EDM & Automation

• Provide manufacturing engineering solutions to executional scrap issues

• Support identification and implantation of new manufacturing technology

• Responsible for program storage, data back-ups and revision control for Manufacturing equipment

• Provide technical expertise for qualification of outplant machining operations

• Implement and support EH&S activities

• Prioritizing product demands, process control tasks and manufacturing engineering responsibilities to fulfil business needs across all Business Centers

• Maintaining focus on supporting production while implementing new products and process improvements

• Quality control of work instruction documentation and product criteria

• Working with Maintenance to help fault find manufacturing systems

• Direct reporting to Manufacturing Engineering Lead who reports to Engineering Manager. Our largest customer is Manufacturing, led by Operations Manager

• Works within Engineering to provide engineered solutions to Manufacturing problems

• Achieves specific sub-function goals**

Other Skills/Abilities:

**- Prioritizing product demands, process control tasks and manufacturing engineering responsibilities to fulfil business needs across all Business Centers

• Maintaining focus on supporting production while implementing new products and process improvements

• Quality control of work instruction documentation and product criteria

• Working with Maintenance to help fault find manufacturing systems

• Direct reporting to Manufacturing Engineering Lead who reports to Engineering Manager. Our largest customer is Manufacturing, led by Operations Manager

• Works within Engineering to provide engineered solutions to Manufacturing problems

• Achieves specific sub-function goals

Qualifications**

Basic Qualifications

**- New or expected graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Engineering (Preferably Mechanical)

Additional Information

-** Job Identification: 119780 - Job Category: Engineering - Posting Date: 2026-10-14 - Job Schedule: Full time - Locations: One Howmet Drive, Hampton, VA, 23661, US - Export-Controlled Data: This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items - Currency Code: **US Dollar