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DFX Manufacturing Engineer
Everett, WA, United States(On-site)
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The DFX Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for driving Design for Excellence (DFX) across new product introductions (NPI) and sustaining products to ensure scalable, cost-effective, and high-quality manufacturing outcomes. This role partners closely with design engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality to influence product designs early, reduce lifecycle cost, and accelerate time to market.
This individual serves as a key technical leader within the operations engineering team, owning manufacturing readiness, process capability, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with Fortive Business System (FBS) principles.
Key Responsibilities DFX & Product Development
- Lead DFX reviews (DFM, DFA, DFT, DFSC, DFR) throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring manufacturability, testability, and supply chain robustness
- Influence design teams to drive simplicity, cost optimization, and risk reduction early in development
- Establish manufacturing requirements and ensure alignment between product design and production capabilities
- Partner with global engineering teams on NPI execution, readiness assessments, and design transfers
Manufacturing Process Development
- Develop, qualify, and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, and work instructions
- Drive process capability (Cp/Cpk), yield improvement, and cycle time reduction
- Own line readiness and support production ramp for new products
- Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and lead structured root cause analysis (e.g., DMAIC, 8D)
Test & Validation Collaboration
- Coordinate closely with Test Engineering to ensure production test strategies align with DFX objectives
- Ensure effective error-proofing, coverage, and throughput in test processes
- Support integration of test solutions into manufacturing lines
Cost, Quality & Delivery
- Lead cost reduction initiatives including value engineering and design optimization
- Support supplier selection and manufacturability assessments within the supply chain
- Improve first-pass yield, scrap reduction, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory standards applicable to products
Continuous Improvement (FBS)
- Drive Kaizen events, Tiered Daily Management (TDM), and Lean transformations
- Implement standard work, visual management, and pull systems (Kanban)
- Use data-driven decision-making to prioritize improvements and measure impact
Qualifications** **Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical, or related field)
- 5–8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, DFX, or NPI environments
- Proven experience influencing product design for manufacturability and cost
- Strong knowledge of Lean principles and structured problem-solving methodologies
- Experience with complex electro-mechanical assemblies and/or regulated products
Preferred
- Experience in medical device or highly regulated industries
- Familiarity with test systems and production validation methods
- Experience with PLM systems, ERP/MRP, and engineering change management
- Six Sigma certification or equivalent analytical training
Key Competencies
- Deliver Results – Drives measurable business outcomes across cost, quality, and delivery
- Strategic – Anticipates manufacturing risks and influences design direction
- Customer Obsessed – Ensures product reliability and performance meet customer expectations
- Build Extraordinary Teams – Collaborates cross-functionally across engineering and operations
- Innovate for Impact – Applies creative solutions to manufacturing and product challenges
- Adaptable & Courageous – Drives change and challenges legacy approaches when needed
About Us
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the Team
About Fluke Health Solutions
Fluke Health Solutions (FHS), an operating company of Fortive, is comprised of 3 industry leaders – LANDAUER, Fluke Biomedical, Victoreen, and RaySafe. We lead the biomedical and radiation detection markets with innovative products and services to keep customers, patients, and clients safe. Our portfolio of products includes software, biomedical test equipment, radiation measurement and radiation detection.
The Fluke Health Solutions vision is to empower our everyday heroes to focus only on protecting lives.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
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Job Info
- Job Identification9909
- Job CategoryManufacturing Engineering
- Posting Date06/09/2026, 06:53 PM
- Job ScheduleFull time
- Locations6920 Seaway Blvd, Everett, WA, 98203, US(On-site)
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