Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as systems engineer for manufacturing process and operations.
• Execute on manufacturing system modifications as directed by the Lead Process Engineer.
• Identify areas for improvement through process automation.
• Understands and models manufacturing processes and information infrastructure. Proposes process and software improvement needed to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
• Collaborate across functions with Methods & Procedure Support, Industrial and Process engineering, and IT team members to execute on needed manufacturing changes and improvements.
• Develops or modifies code to meet manufacturing systems requirements.
• Responsible for the identification and implementation of coding and unit testing standards for manufacturing and operations.
• Coordinates code releases, quality and testing for manufacturing and operations.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to pass a federal background check and obtain a suitability determination.
• United States citizenship required. Must live in the United States 3 of the last 5 years (military and study abroad included).
• Experience in project management.
• Knowledge of Agile software development methodology.
• Source Control: knowledge of change control technologies.
• Thorough familiarity with product development lifecycle and extensive experience with multiple methodologies.
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes and standard operation procedures.
• Outstanding technical and analytical skills.
• Understand databases: Relational database experience, SQL Server 2012 or higher.
• Ability to provide technical mentoring to peers, evaluate technical alternatives and provide technical recommendations to management.
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Proficient project management skills.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks and to meet deadlines.
• Able to maintain confidentiality with regard to information stored in operational databases.
• Able to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.