R&D Engineer

Responsibilities

• Offers technical information or opinion toward solutions.
• Collaborates with the building and facilities services group to improve and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Designs and analyzes components or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
• Defines process improvements that yield results in safety, quality, cost, and control.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with vendors and purchase equipment and supplies to ensure efficiency and continuity of laboratory operation.
• Assists higher level professionals in performing assigned phases of work, ranging from the use of defined methods to exercise of some degree of technical judgement.
• Provides technical guidance to junior professionals or technicians.
• Leads and manages HOSHIN level projects focused on product or process improvement.
• Analyzes and evaluates current equipment and measurement protocols for new products; identifies gaps and areas for improvement; designs and develops instrumentation to meet those needs.
• Collaborates with other engineers to develop accurate, efficient instrumentation, and data interfaces in accordance with safety and usability standards, customer expectations, and controls methodologies.
• Designs and tests prototypes of equipment. Develops statistically robust measurement process.
• Leverage external resources and designs as appropriate.
• Creates basic schematics and simulated models to test designs; modifies designs to meet specifications and budget requirements.
• Works collaboratively with controls, production, and quality engineers to implement process control protocols and tools.

Qualifications

• AS/GED plus 14 years relevant experience / AS in technical field plus 10 years relevant experience / BS in technical field plus 3 years relevant experience / MS entry level with directly applicable degree, otherwise MS plus 1 year or more relevant experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to plan, organize and share information in interactions with management, peers, associates, and vendors.
• Ability to troubleshoot, analyze and resolve problems.
• Must be able to work autonomously as well as in a team setting.
• Computer knowledge required for use of Microsoft Office products.
• Working knowledge of computer-aided design equipment and computerized processes preferred.
• Desired: Coding skills in at least two programming languages such as Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, VB, MATLAB, Python, etc. Fundamental understanding of statistics and process engineering. Technical knowledge and experience in Wonderware InTouch, Allen Bradley PLC, and/or other types of control systems. Experience with SQL, OSISoft-PI, and Azure Platform and familiarity with artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts and implementation. Demonstrated proficiency with two or more programming (e.g., C, C++, Python) languages and SQL. Experience with data interfaces and communication protocols (e.g., TCP/IP) between data acquisition equipment systems.