Lead Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment

Region: Americas | Country: USA | State/Province: Texas | City: Fort Worth

About the role

The Lead Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment is responsible for the development and/or sourcing of manufacturing equipment to support manufacturing operations goals. Scope of work includes design and development of equipment, qualification, deployment to manufacturing, improving performance, and supporting programs to optimize efficiencies while maintaining a safe working environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, procurement, and implementation of off-the-shelf standard solutions and/or develop new standard automation solutions to support customer product manufacturing equipment needs.
• Plan and lead hardware and software improvements of automated lines and off-the-shelf equipment via analysis of Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and other available data.
• Own communications with multiple stakeholders, including solution providers for design, technical information, and specifications.
• Lead and solve complex technical problems and lead equipment validation activities such as Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT).
• Develop maintenance plans and oversee and/or execute activities to achieve target performance.
• Be accountable for the performance, maintenance, and OEE improvements for multiple machines within a value stream.
• Support customer product roadmap using Celestica Automation E2E process and tools such as User Requirement Specifications (URS) and Design for Automation Assembly (DFAA) and PM workbook.
• Drive problem-solving and corrective actions related to causes of machine failures, speed loss, or quality issues.
• Work with Process Engineering to ensure equipment is statistically capable of meeting product manufacturing requirements.

Requirements

• 1 to 3 years of related experience in similar job roles.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Skills

Refer to technical skills below.

Physical Demands

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment.
• May require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.