Manufacturing Engineer II - Onsite

Job Responsibilities

• Continually improve the manufacturing processes of our custom, standard and accessory products.
• Serve as a point of communication between manufacturing departments and all other areas to facilitate, analyze, and offer solutions to manufacturing problems.
• Represent Manufacturing Engineering (voice of manufacturing) to other development teams within R&D and Contract manufacturers.
• Interface with R&D teams while developing and maintaining positive interdepartmental collaboration.
• Interface with contract manufacturers while developing and maintaining positive collaboration.
• Provide recommendations regarding contract manufacturing capabilities.
• Support and provide input for DFM improvements through Program / Project charters and system requirements specifications.
• Lead, drive improvement efforts on existing manufacturing processes that are justified and implement new fully tested processes.
• Partner with Design Engineering on new product development. Participate in design reviews, establish manufacturing requirements, and coordinate needed testing or device builds.
• Partner with Quality Engineering to identify and implement ongoing quality improvements.
• Qualify and validate new and improved processes, fixtures, equipment and technology for manufacturability.
• Drive testing and troubleshooting of product to characterize the device. Generate test plans and procedures to characterize the unit.
• Analyze process data. Identify opportunities and implement solutions.
• Optimization of key manufacturing measures.
• Organize and report on key manufacturing measures.
• Identify and drive opportunities to manage and reduce the Internal rework of Starkey’s hearing aids.
• Identify and drive opportunities to manage and reduce the internal material variance of Starkey’s hearing aids.
• Lead conference calls with manufacturing facilities to determine root cause and action items.
• Participate in solving product and process issues.
• Lead / Facilitate Starkey and contract manufacturing Production PIPs (Product Improvement Programs) on a regular basis.
• Production and recovery support.
• Initiate internal and external product and process audit to drive improvements and other problem-solving techniques to improve internal quality.
• Provide yield expectations and analysis, time studies, and capacity.
• Lead and define Manufacturing system design and maintenance strategies.

Job Requirements

• Minimum Education, Certification and Experience Requirements:
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering.
  • Experience: Three plus years of manufacturing engineering experience. One year hearing aid industry or medical device industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge / Technical Requirements:
  • Knowledge of process validation required.
  • Experience solving technical problems.
  • Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Experience with 3D modeling and solutions required.
  • Experience with 3D printing techniques and technologies.
• Competencies, Skills & Abilities:
  • Excellent analytical skills required.
  • Excellent people skills required.
  • Excellent PC skills required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Company-paid life and short-term disability insurance.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Employee assistance plan.
• Hearing aid benefits.
• Paid Time Off.
• paid holidays.
• paid floating holidays.
• paid volunteer service day.
• paid paternity and maternity leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Bonus based upon performance results.