Process Engineer

About the role

In this role as a Process Engineer, you will develop and maintain a detailed project technical plan and engineering task list regarding the form, fit, and function of the system. You will oversee mechanical, pneumatic, and process requirements, schedule/design review meetings, and ensure open issues are tracked and documentation is accurate.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications for planning and meeting requirements
• Communicate with Project Manager regularly to ensure accuracy of the project schedule
• Lead the development of the following:
• Vacuum Tooling along with the entire vacuum infrastructure
• Conveyors capable of transferring warehouse items such as envelops, polybags, parcels, boxes
• Pneumatic system designs, including schematic design and BOM development
• Equipment arrangement, Robot Reach, Payload Analysis, Cycle-time, tolerance studies, Mechanical & Pneumatic component sizing, system Sequence-of-Operations
• Spare parts lists, maintenance and operational manuals, and 3D simulations for validating engineering requirements (develop and maintain 3D simulations)
• Generate written specifications detailing system functionality
• Generate the Robot Safety Risk Assessment and review with project team
• Plan, request, follow-up, and approve all mechanical engineering issues
• Attend internal & customer project kick-off meetings and provide technical expertise
• Review detailed project budget and provide forecast updates
• Identify all work cell equipment that requires mechanical design and build and:
• Coordinate internal design resources based on capacity
• Develop specifications to line-up external design/build sources, review quotes and place orders
• Monitor progress and continuously review internal and external designs
• Generate runoff criteria & coordinate the buyoff of equipment built by external suppliers prior to shipment to FANUC America
• Support field installation, debug, & customer plant buyoff activities
• Cookise delivery & return of all documentation for customer approval
• Ensure required documentation is available to manufacturing department for integration build; review and approve redline changes on manufacturing floor
• Ensure as-built documentation package is delivered to the customer
• Generate run-off documentation per project and customer requirements
• Provide proposal support and review per assigned application areas
• Generate Work Change Request documents as necessary

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience and expertise in (mechanical) system engineering, design, and integration of robotic automation systems
• Experience with CAD software including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and ROBOGUIDE Simulation
• Knowledge of 3D Simulation and discrete-event simulation methods
• Must have or be able to obtain a valid driver’s license
• Must be able to drive throughout the organization’s service area for business as required

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience and expertise in (mechanical) system engineering, design, and integration of robotic automation systems
• Exposure to ISO-9000, QS-9000, & TE Supplement quality systems
• Familiarity with Reliability & Maintainability techniques such as FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, MTTR, MTBF, Availability, OEE, etc.

Skills

• Customer-focused, problem-solving skills
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Experience with ROBODRILL
• Ability to troubleshoot pneumatic system designs in the field

Benefits

• Market competitive pay and benefits programs
• Opportunities for advancement, knowledge and skill development, and recognition of individual achievements
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Program
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Benefit Dollars
• Generous Holiday & Vacation Program