As a Process Engineer on the Inspection System team, you will help define and support the inspection technologies used across SEL's manufacturing operations. Rather than supporting a single product or process area, you will specify, validate, and continuously improve SPI, AOI, and AXI systems deployed across multiple factories and product families. This role emphasizes data-driven decision-making, clear acceptance criteria, and strong supplier collaboration. You will work closely with manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to ensure inspection systems are robust, measurable, and aligned with real manufacturing risk. This work helps establish inspection standards that support SEL's long-term reliability and quality commitments.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Provide engineering support in multiple areas of manufacturing.
2. Specify, develop, justify, implement, and sustain assembly equipment and materials.
3. Improve quality, yield, efficiency, and capacity of processes in accordance with strategic objectives.
4. Apply statistical problem solving to identify root cause, evaluate new equipment and processes and process improvement activities.
5. Interpret results and provide recommendations to management.
6. Keep abreast of new developments in equipment, industry standards, be practices, and developments in assembly processes.
7. Model, teach, and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.
8. Understand. Create. Simplify.
9. Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Engineering
Two years' experience in process development in a related world class manufacturing company
Ability to lead a cross functional team
Ability to influence others and reach consensus
Project management experience
Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Knowledge of statistics as applied to process capability measurements
Effective writing, documentation, and speaking skills
Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
Background check results satisfactory to SEL
Negative drug test result(s)
Preferred Qualifications
Thorough understanding of the materials used in the industry
Physical Requirements
None
Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.
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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories leads the electric power system protection industry in technology, service, and value. We design and manufacture systems, services, and products for protection, monitoring, control, automation and metering of utility and industrial electric power systems worldwide. Not only do we offer, challenge, and reward at our state-of-the-art headquarters in Pullman, Washington but we also provide a quality work environment and progressive benefits. We seek professional, meticulous individuals for our technical team. Learn more about what makes SEL successful by reading our company values.
An Award Winning Company
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets.
SEL earned a spot on the 2012 FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine's 500│5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA).
In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evens Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification for outstanding safety and health programs.