Manufacturing Engineer

Description:

Evaluates product requirements, customer requirements, and process requirements to plan, design new or modify existing manufacturing equipment.   Establishes operating equipment specifications, improves manufacturing techniques and production yields, and introduces new process equipment to improve production efficiencies.   Provides quality engineering support to manufacturing including data collection and analysis, preparing product quality documents, assisting in failure investigations to ensure compliance to internal/external, design, modify or build, and optimize manufacturing processing equipment in the facility.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and evaluate manufacturing data to drive continuous process improvements. Implement new data collection methodologies as required.
• Respond to manufacturing issues and concerns to ensure product specifications are met, including troubleshooting and rectification of any existing errors or defects.
• PFMEA management including managing related projects.
• Leads product quality investigations for manufacturing area using tools such as 8D, 4M, 5 Why’s.
• Ensures completion of corrective actions manufacturing area
• Conduct training on quality concepts and tools; interface with all other engineering departments within the company and with customers and suppliers on quality or manufacturing related issues.
• Assure product and process quality by designing testing methods; evaluating process capabilities and establishing required standards and metrics
• Creating and maintaining company documentation, such as quality manuals, and quality procedures.
• Maintain and control calibration records for all test and inspection equipment.
• Generates internal and external customer required quality documents

Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering
• Experience with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 (preferred)
• American Society of Quality (ASQ) certification (preferred)
• Several years’ experience in manufacturing environment
• CAD proficiency (Autodesk Inventor preferred)

Skills

• Statistical Analysis Techniques
• Lean Manufacturing Experience
• Good investigative and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to think logically and methodically.
• Good interpersonal skills and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of statistical packages and Microsoft Office systems