Manufacturing Engineer III
The Manufacturing Engineer III is responsible for implementing and improving engineering and manufacturing processes. This role will work directly with various functional groups to establish projects, products, or process specifications. They then translate these specifications into product, process, tooling, or equipment designs and work with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to see projects through to completion. Typical projects may include introduction of new and/or automated processes to a production setting, product/process redesign efforts for material or labor cost reduction, and management of strategic business goals for manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
- Develops detailed specifications for process, equipment, or tooling required to achieve objectives.
- Develops process, equipment, and tooling runoff and validation plans. May directly execute runoff plans and tasks related to equipment build, recipe creation or modification required for successful validation.
- Drives process improvements and activities to achieve waste elimination, cost improvement, and lead time reduction.
- Develops and maintains project schedules, identifies and manages on time delivery of critical path items.
- Partners with suppliers of tooling and equipment as necessary to achieve project goals.
- Forecasts spending and manages budgets for any Capital Investment Project that may be identified or assigned.
- Leads or facilitates kaizen activities to improve production processes or introduce new solutions for business growth.
- May prepare project updates for management reviews.
- May serve as a project leader of cross-functional teams
- May help mentor and develop other engineers or engineering technicians.
- Travels to support equipment validation prior to arrival, travel
Requirements:
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related Engineering field, with significant mechanical experience is required.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience. Manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Experience coordinating complex projects
- Familiarity with tools, including kaizen (continuous improvement), lean, standard work, mistake-proofing, statistical process control, FMEA, and problem-solving processes
- Experience in verification and validation of manufacturing processes
- Experience with equipment or tooling design and fabrication
- Technical drawing interpretation and report writing
- Mechanical design, 3D modeling, 2D detail drawing creation
- Able to work with open-ended objectives to prioritize and identify critical paths
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency to meet project objectives
- Skilled problem solver focused on achieving desired results
Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a “U.S. Person”, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.
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Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance