Manufacturing Engineer

• The Manufacturing Engineer position can occur in Process, Production or Technology.
• The Manufacturing Engineer - Process is responsible for providing innovative and cost effective processes and solutions required to manufacture products.
• This includes the design and development of new and improved manufacturing techniques, processes and procedures.
• He/she develops, maintains, and continuously improves manufacturing processes and techniques using LEAN.
• He/she develops standards and establishes implementation plans, including training plans for shop floor personnel, and production metrics.
• He/she collaborates with Engineering and Manufacturing Technology to ensure that processes are created and developed for new products and that return-on-experience is captured for existing processes.
• The Manufacturing Engineer Production performs the lead role in the implementation of manufacturing processes and techniques - and the implementation of LEAN and use of Six Sigma tools.
• He/she is the owner of their respective manufacturing processes and standards and enforces implementation by training shop floor personnel, implementing and monitoring metrics, and oversight.
• He/she is responsible to solve complex manufacturing problems and take an active role in troubleshooting quality and production yield related issues within manufacturing.
• The Manufacturing Engineer - Technology is responsible for finding, investigating, and/or creating new, next generation, innovative and cost effective technology solutions required to manufacture existing and new products.
• This includes the creation and development of a manufacturing technology roadmap for new and existing product technologies.
• For new technologies, he/she takes processes from the concept phase all the way to successful implementation.

For Manufacturing Engineer - Production:

Lean Six Sigma:

• Responsible for the implementation of key elements of Lean, such as: standardized work instructions, line balancing, layout and work sequence (routing) optimization, training development matrix, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen/5S workouts, pull processes, TPM (total preventive maintenance), cell design, and quick changeover/batch-size optimization.
• Also responsible for driving continuous improvement projects on manufacturing processes.

• Implement process improvements to achieve manufacturing excellence in areas such as process yield (e.g. First Pass Yield, Rolled Throughput Yield), cycle time reduction and productivity.
• Provide shop floor feedback on product design and manufacturability issues to Engineering and DFMs (e.g. through the use of Engineering Change Requests - ECRs).
• Review and sign-off on Engineering Change Orders that impact Inventory - including product life cycle issues, obsolescence, etc.
• Creates, implements, and monitors key performance indicators and metrics on manufacturing process capability and product quality.
• Monitoring and reducing process costs.
• Evaluates and benchmarks best-in-class manufacturing techniques for Client and OEM products.
• Establishes pilot testing and scale up plan for manufacturing technology implementation.
• Works with Manufacturing and Engineering M tiers and other stakeholders during prove-out testing of processes.
• Supports the Manufacturing Engineer (DFM) on any specific technology issues/constraints for NPD and RR projects.
• Coordinates with Manufacturing M tiers and other resources across the company to share and leverage best practices.

Quality:

• Responsible to assist with investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation for manufacturing quality issues.
• Responsible for ensuring that manufacturing technology solutions achieve the required quality levels, reliability and consistency.