MFG Engineer - Entry Level

Responsibilities

• Estimates manufacturing cost, determines time standards, and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements of new or existing product lines.
• Maintain labor standards, cost estimates, capacity planning, throughput time standards, floor layouts, and schedules.
• Perform electrical, software and mechanical designs.
• Examine and review drawings, blueprints, schematics, work orders, vendor catalogs and other technical data to ensure compliance with specifications and requirements.
• Develops, implements, and maintains methods, operation sequence and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies of electronic equipment.
• Performs new process development, monitor, and maintain the processes in all areas of manufacturing including but not limited to assembly, soldering, coating, prep, and related equipment with consideration of ISO-9001-2000, J-STD-001, IPC-A-61 0 Class 3, and other Surface Mount technology Quality standards relative to DoD contracts.
• Generates, implements, and maintains Manufacturing Documentation including but not limited to work instructions, lot travelers, flow diagrams, procedures, and manufacturing proposal documentation.
• Initiates requests for engineering changes to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Manages Product life cycle from development stage to obsolescence (PLM).
• Writes and addresses change requests, to include Engineering Change Requests, Engineering Change Notices, Engineering Change Proposals, Requests for Deviations and Requests for Waivers, Dispositioning.
• Selects, proposes, and sometimes designs equipment and tooling for manufacturing as well as sets up, process development, implementation, and maintenance of said equipment.
• Evaluates, troubleshoots, recommends, and implements solutions related to all manufacturing processes, operational systems, procedures, and documentation.
• Interfaces with design engineering in coordinating the release of new products/Processes.
• Prepares & performs test plans, test procedures, test reports, reliability and life studies, and reports on failure analysis.
• Maintains records and reporting systems for coordination of manufacturing operations.
• One of the main interfaces for customers and vendors for problem solving, bid proposals, and related issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline, preferred in Electrical, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering.
• Prior experience in manufacturing, automotive, or defense industry is a plus.